Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey
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DETAIL OF SOUTHEAST CORNER OF ABUTMENT WITH SCALE. NOTE STAY ROD EXTENDING FROM BOTTOM CHORD AND ANCHORED INTO ABUTMENT WITH IRON EYEHOOK. THIS FEATURE SECURED THE SUPERSTRUCTURE OF THE BRIDGE TO THE ABUTMENTS TO PREVENT THE TRUSS FROM BEING WASHED DOWNSTREAM IN FLOODS. NOTE ALSO THE CAST IRON PLATE ON WHICH THE ARCH BEARS, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO PROLONG THE LIFE OF THE ARCH ENDS, ONE OF THE MOST VULNERABLE SPOTS ON A TIMBER BRIDGE. - West Union Bridge, Spanning Sugar Creek, CR 525W, West Union, Parke County, IN
- Digital ID: (None) hhh in0456.photos.195793p http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.in0456/photos.195793p
- Reproduction Number: HAER IN-105-10
- Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print