166 Gen. View Col(orado) Riv(er) Br(idge), 1944

Item — Box: PHOTO0020.01, Folder: 07, Item: 01

Identifier: SC Photo 0020.01.07.01

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Scope and Contents

166 Gen. View Col(orado) Riv(er) Br(idge) Looking N.E. 3-29-09 (10 x 12.5 cm albumen photo mounted in a carte-de-visite style format 13.5 x 16 cm heavy card stock with dark brown .5 cm printed frame around photo. Title is printed at bottom of photo in a brown strip. The photo shows a sweeping curve wooden trestle constructed on dry soil from foreground to middle of photo where there is a deck truss system leading into a through truss bridge crossing shallow river with hills in background. It is a good possibility that if this bridge was near Burnet, TX. was replaced in 1944.

Dates

Creation: 1944

Creator

From the Item: Unknown (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Extent

From the Item: 1.5 Linear Feet (1 box, 49 photographs of assorted civil engineering works including Whipple through truss railroad bridges, Pennsylvania through truss bridges, suspension bridges, cantilever bridges, reinforced concrete arch bridges and a buttress dam.) ; 1.5 linear feet