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Judith River Bridge, Spanning Judith River, Moore, Fergus County, MT

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Judith River Bridge, Spanning Judith River, Moore, Fergus County, MT

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Summary

Significance: Fergus County, around the turn of the 20th century, was a rapidly growing agricultural area, especially for wheat production. The Judith Basin was the most bountiful section of the county, if not the state. This era saw a great expansion of rail service and a flurry of bridge construction providing for the movement of agricultural equipment and products. Most of the bridges from this period were built by the Security Bridge Co. of Billings...
Survey number: HAER MT-18
Building/structure dates: 1912 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Security Bridge Company
Murphy, Kevin, transmitter
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Quivik, Fredric L, historian
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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

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