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Dunlap's Creek Bridge, Spanning Dunlap's Creek, Brownsville, Fayette County, PA
Summary
Significance: The present Dunlap's Creek Bridge is the fourth known structure at this site. The use of an innovative and unusual technological advance, cast iron for a bridge structure, may be predicated by the frequency of repair and replacement necessary at this location. The first two bridges collapsed under extreme weather conditions, in 1808 and 1820. The third, another timber frame structure, was deteriorated enough by 1832 that plans were initiated for a replacement. ...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N171
Survey number: HAER PA-72
Building/structure dates: 1836-1839 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Keys & Searight
Herbertson Foundry
John Snowden
Delafield, Richard
Murphy, Kevin, historian
Zacher, Susan M, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
Brownsville Junction, 40.02369, -79.88394
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
