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HAER PA,48-HELLT,2- (sheet 1 of 4) - Old Mill Road Bridge, Spanning Saucon Creek, Old Mill Road, Hellertown, Northampton County, PA
Title
HAER PA,48-HELLT,2- (sheet 1 of 4) - Old Mill Road Bridge, Spanning Saucon Creek, Old Mill Road, Hellertown, Northampton County, PA
Description
Beckel, Charles Nathaniel; Lowthorp, Francis C; Theodoropulos, Christine, field team; Chang, Wayne, field team; Delony, Eric, field team; Anderson, Richard K, field team; Allen, Lori, field team; Givens, Carolyn, field team; Ussler, Christine, project manager; Kemp, Emory L, project manager; Madrid, transmitter; Korsos, Monika, delineator; Burney, Coy, delineator; Hadlow, Robert W, historian; Chamberlin, William, historian; Elliot, Joseph E, B, photographer; Lowe, Jet, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Northampton County; Hellertown
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 24 x 36 in. (D size)
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 PA,48-HELLT,2- (sheet 1 of 4)
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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: One of two existing pony-truss spans built by the Beckel Foundry. Both used variations of Francis C. Lowthorp's 23 June 1857 and 13 March 1860 patented cast lower-chord connections. The Old Mill and the Walnut Street bridges incorporate unusual cast-iron beams to support decks.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N16
  • Survey number: HAER PA-93
  • Building/structure dates: after. 1860- before. 1880 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: after. 1930- before. 1940 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/pa1666.sheet.00001a
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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 location40° 34′ 45.98″ N, 75° 20′ 28″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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