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Fort Benton Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Fort Benton, Chouteau County, MT
Summary
Significance: Fort Benton has a long history in Montana. It was s fur trading post before the formation of Montana territory. In order to hold the town's trade with the Judith Basin to the east from other competing trade centers, the Benton Bridge Company built the bridge in 1888. The Milwaukee Bridge and Iron Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, was contracted to construct the bridge...
Survey number: HAER MT-9
Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1908 Subsequent Work
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000431
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works
Peppard, O E
Murphy, Kevin, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Quivik, Fredric L, historian
Location
Fort Benton, 47.83441, -110.65827
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
