Middle Creek Bridge, Spanning Middle Creek at Ventura Road, Rose Hill, Mahaska County, IA
Summary
Significance: The Middle Creek Bridge, a 4-panel Pratt pony truss, is one of only four bridges remaining built by Seevers Manufacturing Company, based in Oskaloosa, Iowa. The use of steel pipe for the upper chord was a standard design for the company, which also manufactured steam pipes. This bridge is an excellent example of the company's work, an unusual structural type designed and fabricated by a small-scale Iowa company.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N237
Survey number: HAER IA-66
Building/structure dates: 1898
Nothing Found.
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vehicular bridges
iowa
middle
bridge
middle creek bridge
middle creek
ventura road
rose
rose hill
mahaska
mahaska county
historic american engineering record
desig fab contract seevers manufacturing
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Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Seevers Manufacturing,desig-fab-contract
Location
iowa
,
41.33743, -92.46404
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