Parker Bridge, Spanning Verdigris River 1.5 miles Southeast of Coffeyville, Coffeyville, Montgomery County, KS
Summary
Significance: The combination bowstring/camelback bridge is a riveted steel high through truss and is one of only five camelbacks known to exist in the state. The bowstring pony truss is the only identified example of a Wrought Iron Bridge Company pony truss to exist in this State.
Survey number: HAER KS-7
Building/structure dates: 1871 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: ca. 1920 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1980 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1988 Demolished
Tags
Date
1920
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Wrought Iron Bridge Company
Farnsworth, Edwin I
Phoenix Iron Company
Reeves, S J
Location
Coffeyville (Kan.), 37.03730, -95.61637
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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