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Cascade Bridge, Spanning Cascade Ravine at South Main Street, Burlington, Des Moines County, IA



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Location
Spanning Cascade Ravine at South Main Street, Burlington, IA

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.

Notes
Survey number HAER IA-50
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N222).
Building/structure dates: 1896 initial construction
Building/structure dates: 1953 subsequent work
Building/structure dates: 1964 subsequent work
National Register Number: 98000793
Significance: This bridge, a combination of pinned Pratt trusses and a pinned Baltimore truss, is a unique type for Iowa. It is in relatively good and unaltered condition for such an old urban bridge in daily use. A product of the joint construction efforts of the City of Burlington and the Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works, this bridge is a well preserved example of the work of a firm that was in business for a quarter century (until its absorption by American Bridge Company), but about which relatively little is known.

Related Names
Boynton & Warriner
Carnegie Steel Company
Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works


Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. BARREL VIEW FROM NORTH
2. VERTICAL 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTH
3. 3/4 VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
4. DETAIL OF BOTTOM CONNECTIONS, FROM NORTHWEST
5. UNDERSIDE, FROM NORTHWEST
6. BARREL VIEW FROM SOUTH
7. DETAIL OF SOUTHWEST PIER, FROM WEST
8. 3/4 VIEW OF DECK, FROM SOUTHWEST
9. BUILDERS PLATE AT SOUTHEAST CORNER, FROM SOUTHWEST


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