Chain of Rocks Bridge, Spanning Ciuvre River at County Road 899, Chain of Rocks, Lincoln County, MO
Summary
Significance: The bridge is a 190-foot pinned Pratt through truss which is relatively well-preserved and exhibits original decorative top portal embellishments and builder plate. The fabricator was St. Louis Bridge and Iron Company. Its significance lies in its length, 1893 date of construction, level of preservation, and local fabricator.
Survey number: HAER MO-106
Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1909 Subsequent Work
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Tags
chain of rocks
chain
rocks
bridge
rocks bridge
ciuvre
ciuvre river
county road
lincoln
lincoln county
missouri
frank d brown
john carrel
ron cockrell
inc environmental research center of missouri
lloyd grotjan
historic american engineering record
missouri bridge and iron company
craig sturdevant
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
infrastructure
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Brown, Frank D
Missouri Bridge & Iron Company
Environmental Research Center of Missouri, Inc., contractor
Cockrell, Ron, transmitter
Grotjan, Lloyd, photographer
Sturdevant, Craig, historian
Carrel, John, historian
Location
Chain of Rocks
,
38.91505, -90.80152
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