Home > Kansas > Valley Falls vicinity > Half-Mound Bridge, Spanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary R, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, KS
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 HB476564 Distant View Of Southeast Side
|  HB476565 Northeast Truss Opening
|  HB476566 Southwest Truss Opening And Southeast Side
|  HB476567 Detail Of Lattice Work On Southwest Opening
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 HB476568 Detail Of Lattice Work And Planking Looking Northeast From Southwest Opening
|  HB476569 Detail Of Cable Bridge Railing
|  HB476570 Detail Of Pin Connection
|  HB476571 Detail Of Lower Chord On Southeast Side
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 HB476572 Detail Of Floor Beam Connection
|  HB476573 Detail Of Floor Beam And Upright Connection
|  HB476574 Detail Of Floor Beam Supports
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Item Title
LocationSpanning Delaware River on Federal Aid Secondary R,
Valley Falls vicinity, KS
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER KS-1
Building/structure dates:
1875 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1935 subsequent work
Significance: The Half Mound Bridge is a rare surviving example of a Baltimore truss.
Subjects
Moving Of StructuresTransportationBridge Construction
Related Names
General Construction Company
Alva, Robert, Historian
Priem, Gerald, Historian
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. DISTANT VIEW OF SOUTHEAST SIDE
2. NORTHEAST TRUSS OPENING
3. SOUTHWEST TRUSS OPENING AND SOUTHEAST SIDE
4. DETAIL OF LATTICE WORK ON SOUTHWEST OPENING
5. DETAIL OF LATTICE WORK AND PLANKING LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHWEST OPENING
6. DETAIL OF CABLE BRIDGE RAILING
7. DETAIL OF PIN CONNECTION
8. DETAIL OF LOWER CHORD ON SOUTHEAST SIDE
9. DETAIL OF FLOOR BEAM CONNECTION
10. DETAIL OF FLOOR BEAM AND UPRIGHT CONNECTION
11. DETAIL OF FLOOR BEAM SUPPORTS
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