County Bridge No. 14, Township Route 493 over Tioga River at Canoe Camp, Mansfield, Tioga County, PA
Summary
Significance: This bridge is one of the few remaining example of a Baltimore truss in Pennsylvania. The bridge company and size of the bridge make it an unusual and important example of its type. The bridge is a riveted iron single span Baltimore through truss design. Truss connections are pinned, and the eye bars are die forged. The portals of the bridge are decorated with the bridge builder's company name and location...
Survey number: HAER PA-421
Building/structure dates: 1896 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Owego Bridge Company
Tioga County Commissioners
Pitts, J F
Bailey, T H
Garrison, W H
Curtis, Reuben
Appalachian Archaeological Research, contractor
Ad Vision, Incorporated, contractor
Bohlin, Jeffery A, historian
Bixby, Mark, photographer
Location
Mansfield (Pa.), 41.80730, -77.07747
Source
Library of Congress
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