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View of fabricated piers and underside of bridge decking. - North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY
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View of fabricated piers and underside of bridge decking. - North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY
Description
King Bridge and Manufacturing Company; Stanton, William S; Department of the Army; Steele, W R; Rucker, Daniel; Clement, Dan, transmitter; Croteau, Todd, project manager; McDermott, John Dishon, historian; Boucher, Jack, photographer; Barrett, W E, photographer; Payne, Chris, delineator
Depicted place Wyoming; Goshen County; Fort Laramie
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 5 x 7 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 WYO,8-FOLA.V,1-8
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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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  • STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr
  • Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military bridge west of the Mississippi.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N161
  • Survey number: HAER WY-1
  • Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wy0047.photos.175088p
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