File:VIEW SOUTHWEST, WEST BRIDGE ABUTMENT - Back Run Bridge (Ruin), Approximately 2,000 feet (610 meters) upstream and south of confluence of Third Run and Back Run, Harrisville, HAER WVA,43-HARVL.V,1-1.tif

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VIEW SOUTHWEST, WEST BRIDGE ABUTMENT - Back Run Bridge (Ruin), Approximately 2,000 feet (610 meters) upstream and south of confluence of Third Run and Back Run, Harrisville, Ritchie County, WV
Photographer
Kemp, Emory, creator
Title
VIEW SOUTHWEST, WEST BRIDGE ABUTMENT - Back Run Bridge (Ruin), Approximately 2,000 feet (610 meters) upstream and south of confluence of Third Run and Back Run, Harrisville, Ritchie County, WV
Description
Harrison Southern Railroad; Meyer, Lauren, transmitter; Kemp, Emory, photographer; Past and Present, Consultants, The Kemp Group, Incorporated, historian
Depicted place West Virginia; Ritchie County; Harrisville
Date 2000
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
Accession number
HAER WVA,43-HARVL.V,1-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: The bridge abutments along Back Run are part of an impressive list of engineering structures built by the Harrisville Southern Railroad, a Ritchie County short line. They were built with the labor of Italian stone masons, and exhibit fine craftsmanship. Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places, they are a visible reminder of the short line railway age in Ritchie County.
  • Survey number: HAER WV-67
  • Building/structure dates: 1915 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: after. 1920- before. 1930 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0447.photos.192765p
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