File:BARREL VIEW FROM EAST - Lincoln Highway Bridge, Spanning Mud Creek at Fifth Street, Tama, Tama County, IA HAER IOWA,86-TAMA,1-1.tif

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BARREL VIEW FROM EAST - Lincoln Highway Bridge, Spanning Mud Creek at Fifth Street, Tama, Tama County, IA
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BARREL VIEW FROM EAST - Lincoln Highway Bridge, Spanning Mud Creek at Fifth Street, Tama, Tama County, IA
Depicted place Iowa; Tama County; Tama
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
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HAER IOWA,86-TAMA,1-1
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  • Significance: In September 1912, the Midwestern visionary Carl Fisher proposed to group of automotive businessmen a plan to build a road spanning from coast to coast. The route, later named the Lincoln Highway, would start in New York City, finish in San Francisco, an cross 358 miles through the state of Iowa on the way. This monumental undertaking was to be privately funded with the towns and counties profiting from its passage sharing a large part of the construction costs. Thus, a widespread advertisement campaign for the transcontinental highway was launched with each community along its path trying to outdo the next in making itself the most desirable rest stop. The town of Tama distinguished itself from the rest by constructing a special bridge for the route with the words "Lincoln Highway" spelled out in the concrete railing. This bridge remains a most unusual maker for this historic highway.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N246
  • Survey number: HAER IA-75
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 78001263.
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ia0451.photos.051546p
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Object location41° 58′ 00.01″ N, 92° 34′ 36.01″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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