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In Foreground Is A Steel Pony Truss Bridge Built In 1953 To Bypass The Covered Bridge.
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Item Title
Locationbypassed section of Arch,
Norwich vicinity, OH
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER OH-127
Building/structure dates:
1876 initial construction
Building/structure dates:
1998 subsequent work
Significance: Salt Creek Bridge is the only surviving pure Warren truss covered bridge in the United States. Although the Warren truss, patented in 1848, was originally designed as a timber/iron truss, it did not become popular in American until after 1860 with its development in an all-metal version. By the late nineteenth century, it was one of the two most popular truss types for metal bridges, the Pratt truss being the other.
Subjects
Covered BridgesTransportation
Related Names
Fisher, Thomas
Romine, Jesse
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
OBLIQUE PERSPECTIVE.
ELEVATION, NORTHEAST BY 40 DEGREES.
PERSPECTIVE, DUE EAST.
PORTAL ELEVATION.
GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH. IN FOREGROUND IS A STEEL PONY TRUSS BRIDGE BUILT IN 1953 TO BYPASS THE COVERED BRIDGE.
PERSPECTIVE, EAST PORTAL.
WESTERN CUT STONE ABUTMENT AND BELOW DECK DETAIL.
VIEW OUT OF EASTERN PORTAL.
SOUTH PANEL, SOUTHWEST BY 230 DEGREES.
DETAIL, TOP CHORD. NOTE STENCILED DONOR NAMES.
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