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DETAIL OF BASCULE MACHINERY, GEARS ON SOUTH SIDE - Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE
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Keller and Harrington
Al S. Fox and Company
American Bascule Bridge Company
Delaware Department of Transportation
Aldwyn Construction Company
High Welding Company
Scherzer, William
Yearby, Jean P, transmitter
O'Brien, J T, photographer
Brockenbrough, William, historian
Title
DETAIL OF BASCULE MACHINERY, GEARS ON SOUTH SIDE - Rehoboth Avenue Bridge, State Route 1A (Rehoboth Avenue) over Lewes and Rehoboth Canal, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex County, DE
Depicted place Delaware; Sussex County; Rehoboth Beach
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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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 DEL,3-REHOB,2-20
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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: A notable example of a Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge and a typical example of 1920's bridge architecture. It is the second oldest bascule bridge in Delaware, out of the eleven that are still in use.
  • Survey number: HAER DE-22
  • Building/structure dates: 1925- 1926 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: after 1937 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1956 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1985 Demolished
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/de0243.photos.032691p
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Object location38° 43′ 14.99″ N, 75° 04′ 35″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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