Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Bollman Truss Bridge, Spanning Little Patuxent River, Savage, Howard County, MD
Summary
Significance: The Bollman Truss Bridge at Savage is the last of its type in the United States. The Bollman Truss is usually credited with being the first type of iron truss bridge used in large numbers on an American railroad.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-25
Survey number: HAER MD-1
Building/structure dates: 1869-1887 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000582
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Bollman, Wendel Alan, Designer
Christianson, Justine, transmitter
Location
Savage (Md.), 39.14449, -76.83173
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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