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Pine Creek Bridge, Spanning Pine Creek at Messerall Road (Township Route 993), Titusville, Crawford County, PA
Summary
Significance: The bridge is an excellent example of a small wrought-iron bowstring truss. A prefabricated structure, it demonstrates the versatility of wrought iron and the speed with which it could be assembled. The segmented bowstring offered economy of material, simplicity of design, and ease of transport and assembly, the features important to the booming oil economy of 19th century northwestern Pennsylvania.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N600
Survey number: HAER PA-495
Building/structure dates: 1875-1876 Initial Construction
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Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Wrought Iron Bridge Company
DeLony, Eric N, project manager
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, sponsor
Shackleford, Ben A, historian
Lowe, Jet, photographer
Location
crawford county, 41.62700, -79.67366
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
