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Overall View Of Bridge Facing West
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View Of East Elevation
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View Of West Elevation
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Detail Of Interior Truss Members
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Item Title
LocationRoutes 40W & 34,
Ripley vicinity, WV
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1968.
Notes
Survey number HAER WV-31
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-7).
Building/structure dates:
1887 initial construction
Significance: The Staats Mill Covered Bridge is an excellent example of one of the great American contributions to structural engineering, the covered timber bridge.
Subjects
Covered Bridges
Related Names
Quincy & Grim
Hartley, H. T.
Staats, Abraham
Staats, Isaac
Collection
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
1. OVERALL VIEW OF BRIDGE FACING WEST
2. VIEW OF EAST ELEVATION
3. VIEW OF WEST ELEVATION
4. DETAIL OF INTERIOR TRUSS MEMBERS
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