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Bells Ford Bridge, Spanning East Fork White River at State Route 258, Seymour, Jackson County, IN
Summary
Post truss, 2 spans
Significance: Bells Ford Bridge is the only combination Post truss bridge, and one of only four Post truss bridges of all types surviving in the United States. It symbolizes the significant role railroads played in the development of bridge truss technology in the mid-nineteenth century.
Survey number: HAER IN-46
Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1897 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1999 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 2006 Demolished
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 05000194
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pattison, Robert
McNairy, Claflen & Company
Post, Simeon S
Post, Andrew
Hull, W L
Blish, John H
Bell, Isaac
Claflin, Henry
McNairy, Albert
Seymour Citizen's Association
Seymour Bridge Company
J.A. Barker Engineering
Union Pacific Railroad
Cleveland Bridge & Car Works
Atlantic Bridge Works
L.B. Bloomer & Company
Watson Manufacturing Company
Detroit Bridge Works
J.H. Cofrode
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Marston, Christopher, project manager
Federal Highway Administration, sponsor
Location
Seymour (Ind.), 38.97718, -85.99886
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
