North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge, Spanning North Platte River, Fort Laramie, Goshen County, WY
Summary
STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr
Significance: The North Platte River Bowstring Truss Bridge is the first of its kind to be built in the then territory of Wyoming. It is also believed to be the first military bridge west of the Mississippi.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N161
Survey number: HAER WY-1
Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction
Nothing Found.
Tags
prefabricated buildings
transportation
iron truss bridges
vehicular bridges
fort laramie wyo
platte
north platte river
truss
bridge
truss bridge
laramie
fort laramie
goshen
goshen county
wyoming
w e barrett
jack boucher
dan clement
todd croteau
department of the army
historic american engineering record
king bridge and manufacturing company
john dishon mcdermott
chris payne
daniel rucker
william s stanton
w r steele
ultra high resolution
high resolution
manufacturing plants
infrastructure
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
King Bridge & Manufacturing Company
Stanton, William S
Department of the Army
Steele, W R
Rucker, Daniel
Clement, Dan, transmitter
Croteau, Todd, project manager
McDermott, John Dishon, historian
Boucher, Jack, photographer
Barrett, W E, photographer
Payne, Chris, delineator
Location
Fort Laramie (Wyo.)
,
42.21274, -104.51718
Source
Library of Congress
Link
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