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GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST FROM DECK LEVEL, OBLIQUE TO WEST - Grand Avenue Viaduct, West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
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GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING WEST FROM DECK LEVEL, OBLIQUE TO WEST - Grand Avenue Viaduct, West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, WI
Description
Concrete-Steel Engineering Company; Palmer and Hornbostel
Depicted place Wisconsin; Milwaukee County; Milwaukee
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 WIS, 40-MILWA,47-5
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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 Grand Avenue Viaduct, Milwaukee's earliest example of a large scale concrete bridge, was the result of a national design competition which included entries from some of the most prominent architects and engineers of the day. The winning entry by The Concrete-Steel Engineering Company and by Palmer and Hornbostel of New York employed the Melan steel beam reinforcement method. The Art Deco bridge is of a barrel arch design and is a relatively late example of the Melan system. Second place in the competition went to a more innovative ribbed arch design by the well-known concrete engineer, C.A.P. Turner. City officials envisioned the viaduct as one link in a grand boulevard that would eventually connect Milwaukee with Madison, 100 miles to the west.
  • Survey number: HAER WI-27
  • Building/structure dates: 1911 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wi0193.photos.169935p
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