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Wills Creek Bollman Bridge, Spanning CSX tracks at T381, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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Summary

Significance: This iron Warren through truss originally served as a railroad bridge on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's Pittsburgh Division. It was designed by the renowned chief engineer of the B & O, Wendell Bollman.

Survey number: HAER PA-373

Building/structure dates: 1871 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1910

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railroad bridges vehicular bridges meyersdale pa wills bollman bridge wills creek bollman bridge csx meyersdale somerset somerset county pennsylvania baltimore and ohio railroad wendel bollman historic american engineering record patapsco bridge and iron works photo ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress canada quebec railway photo archive
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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bollman, Wendel
Patapsco Bridge & Iron Works
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Madrid, transmitter
place

Location

Meyersdale (Pa.) ,  39.82362, -79.08558
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Source

Library of Congress
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Link

http://www.loc.gov/
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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

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