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GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTHWEST. - Bells Ford Bridge, Spanning East Fork White River at State Route 258, Seymour, Jackson County, IN
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Rosenthal, James W.
Title
GENERAL VIEW FROM NORTHWEST. - Bells Ford Bridge, Spanning East Fork White River at State Route 258, Seymour, Jackson County, IN
Description
Pattison, Robert; McNairy, Claflen and Company; Post, Simeon S; Post, Andrew; Hull, W L; Blish, John H; Bell, Isaac; Claflin, Henry; McNairy, Albert; Seymour Citizen's Association; Seymour Bridge Company; J.A. Barker Engineering; Union Pacific Railroad; Cleveland Bridge and Car Works; Atlantic Bridge Works; L.B. Bloomer and Company; Watson Manufacturing Company; Detroit Bridge Works; J.H. Cofrode; Christianson, Justine, transmitter; Marston, Christopher, project manager; Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Depicted place Indiana; Jackson County; Seymour
Date Documentation compiled after 1968; 2004
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER IND,36-SEYM,1-1
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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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  • Post truss, 2 spans
  • Significance: Bells Ford Bridge is the only combination Post truss bridge, and one of only four Post truss bridges of all types surviving in the United States. It symbolizes the significant role railroads played in the development of bridge truss technology in the mid-nineteenth century.
  • Survey number: HAER IN-46
  • Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1897 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 1999 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: 2006 Demolished
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 05000194.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/in0218.photos.191752p
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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.
Camera location38° 57′ 33.01″ N, 85° 53′ 25.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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