File:View showing Marietta in background, pier 3 center right, looking north - Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown and Marietta, Williamstown, Wood HAER WVA,54-WILTO,1-5.tif

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View showing Marietta in background, pier 3 center right, looking north - Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown and Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV
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View showing Marietta in background, pier 3 center right, looking north - Williamstown-Marietta Bridge, Spanning Ohio River between Williamstown and Marietta, Williamstown, Wood County, WV
Description
American Bridge Company; Strobel, Charles L; Ripley, T M
Depicted place West Virginia; Wood County; Williamstown
Date Documentation compiled after 1968
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
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HAER WVA,54-WILTO,1-5
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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 Williamstown-Marietta Bridge was the first highway bridge in the United States built in a cantilever fashion over an inland river. In 1902, it was the site of the first strike by the newly-formed United Steel Workers Union.
  • Survey number: HAER WV-40
  • Building/structure dates: 1903 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1985
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wv0293.photos.174017p
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