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DETAIL OF DIAGONAL TRUSS MEMBERS ON WEST SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. - Marseille Nabisco Bridge, Spanning power canals at Nabisco Paper Mill, Marseilles, La Salle County, IL
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DETAIL OF DIAGONAL TRUSS MEMBERS ON WEST SIDE OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHWEST. - Marseille Nabisco Bridge, Spanning power canals at Nabisco Paper Mill, Marseilles, La Salle County, IL
Description
Lassing Bridge Company
Depicted place Illinois; La Salle County; Marseilles
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 ILL, 50-MARS, 5-5
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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: One of the oldest bridges in the Heritage Corridor, this single span Howe truss carries a spur of the Rock Island Railroad across the Marseilles power canal into the Nabisco Carton Factory. The use of the Howe truss for railroad bridges was increasingly uncommon for such late-nineteenth century metal bridges.
  • Survey number: HAER IL-97
  • Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1950 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0663.photos.037260p
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Object location41° 19′ 50.99″ N, 88° 42′ 29.02″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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