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File:Bridge near carriage house, NPS route 13, elevation from above, looking W. - Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY HAER NY-321-3.tif

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Bridge near carriage house, NPS route 13, elevation from above, looking W. - Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY
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Melan, Josef; Melan Arch Construction Company; Bard, John; WT Hiscox and Company; Norcross Brothers; Norcross, James; Norcross, Orlando W; Monier, Jean; von Emperger, Fritz; Croteau, Todd, project manager; Young, Kelly, researcher; Haas, David, photographer; Christianson, Justine, historian
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Bridge near carriage house, NPS route 13, elevation from above, looking W. - Rustic Bridge, NPS Route No. 13 spanning Crum Elbow Creek, Hyde Park, Dutchess County, NY
Depicted place New York; Dutchess County; Hyde Park
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER NY-321-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The Rustic Bridge is an example of the Melan arch system of concrete construction, and as such is an example of the reinforced-concrete bridge systems introduced in the U.S. in the late nineteenth century. Part of a continuum of masonry, concrete, and reinforced concrete arch bridges, the development by the Viennese engineer Josef Melan of the Melan arch led to a new design in bridge construction. The combination of a concrete arch with reinforcement through metal I-beams was an inexpensive yet durable method of bridge construction as it required less concrete and allowed for shallower arch shapes. By 1894, there was a U.S. patent for the Melan arch, the technique of which was disseminated in the United States by Fritz von Emperger. The versatility of the Melan arch design can be seen in the Rustic Bridge, with its cobblestone facing. The Rustic Bridge also represents the aesthetic problems attendant with using new materials and techniques. Reinforced concrete was a new, more modern material that did not lend itself well to a rustic setting like the Vanderbilt estate, but a facing of stone allowed the bridge to complement its setting.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N910
  • Survey number: HAER NY-321
  • Building/structure dates: 1899-1900 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ny1857.photos.198989p
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Public domain This image or media file contains material based on a work of a National Park Service employee, created as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain in the United States. See the NPS website and NPS copyright policy for more information.
Object location41° 47′ 04.99″ N, 73° 56′ 01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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