File:TRUSS CONNECTIONS FROM NORTHEAST. - Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 Spur, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA HAER PA,11-JOTO,139-8.tif

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TRUSS CONNECTIONS FROM NORTHEAST. - Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 Spur, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
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Eliott, Joseph, creator
Title
TRUSS CONNECTIONS FROM NORTHEAST. - Inclined Plane Bridge, Spanning Stonycreek River at State Route 3022 Spur, Johnstown, Cambria County, PA
Description
Cambria Iron Works; Sparks and Evans; Phoenix Bridge Company; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor; Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, sponsor; Elliott, Joseph E, B, photographer
Depicted place Pennsylvania; Cambria County; Johnstown
Date 1997
date QS:P571,+1997-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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 PA,11-JOTO,139-8
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  • Significance: This single-span, pin-connected Pennsylvania through truss bridge was constructed across the Stonycreek River in conjunction with an inclined plane railway shortly after the Johnstown Flood of 1899. Both the bridge and the inclined plane were built to provide a means for escaping future floods and to encourage the development of, and settlement in, the Cambria Iron Company owned hilltop town of Westmont...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N432
  • Survey number: HAER PA-454
  • Building/structure dates: 1890 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: 1965 Subsequent Work
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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 88000805.
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