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Summary
Significance: The bridge is significant for its unusually long length for a Pony Pratt truss and for its "fish-bellied" bottom chords. The bridge also derives significance from its association with W.T. Young Bridge Company, a native Tennessee bridge company.
Survey number: HAER TN-18
Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
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steel truss bridges
bridge construction
civil engineering
vehicular bridges
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pony trusses
stone piers
fish bellied trusses
carthage
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mcclanahan
mcclanahan road
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smith county
tennessee
r m baird
f e ball
j r curtis
t g ford
historic american engineering record
wt young bridge company
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Date
1907 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
W.T. Young Bridge Company
Ford, T G
Curtis, J R
Baird, R M
Ball, F E
Location
Carthage
,
36.25228, -85.95165
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html