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Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

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Augustine Bridge, Brandywine River,Augustine Cutoff, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

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Summary

Significance: Wrought iron, pin-connected, Pratt-type truss superstructure mounted on granite masonry piers; originally served as bridge for the B&O Railroad.
Survey number: HAER DE-20
Building/structure dates: 1883- 1885 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1910 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1968 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1979

date_range

Date

1933 - 1970
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Andrews & Locke
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore & Philadelphia Railroad
John Riddle Sons & Company
New Castle County Levy Court
American Bridge Company
Wutka, Joseph T, project manager
Hu, Chao H, project manager
Delaware Department of Transportation, sponsor
O'Brien, Tim, photographer
Starr, Lamont H, delineator
Figary, Tracy F, delineator
Stocum, Faye, historian
place

Location

Wilmington Manor Gardens39.73907, -75.53979
Google Map of 39.7390721, -75.5397878
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Source

Library of Congress
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