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Old Harvard Street Bridge, Spanning Rock Creek at National Zoological Park, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Summary
Significance: This was the largest of the several Melan-arch bridges built in Rock Creek park in the first years of the twentieth century. Its Neoclasscial detailing differentiates the Old Harvard Street Bridge from others, which were more rustic. Though considered a conservative method of concrete reinforcement by 1900, the Melan arch continued to be widely used for park bridges as it allowed designers to evoke solid masonry construction in an economical manner.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N264
Survey number: HAER DC-26
Building/structure dates: 1900- 1901 Initial Construction
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Date
1901 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Melan Construction Company
Geisel Construction Company
Beach, Lansing H
Brown, Glenn
Melan, Josef
von Emperger, Fritz
Ransome, Ernest L
Air Survey Corporation
Havey, Robert, field team project manager
Leach, Sara Amy, project manager
Location
Washington, District of Columbia, United States, 38.90719, -77.03687
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
