Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, Wareham, Plymouth County, MA
Summary
Significance: The Tremont Station Bridge is one of the oldest metal truss bridges in Massachusetts and the earliest to incorporate J.H. Linville's wide, upset-ended eyebars, a feature which would become standard in late nineteenth century pin-connected trusses. The bridge was built by an important nineteenth century bridge company, the Keystone Bridge Company. It is also of interest for its apparent original design as a railroad bridge and its later adaptation as a highway bridge.
Survey number: HAER MA-141
Building/structure dates: ca. 1878 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1887-1888 Subsequent Work
Tags
east wareham
tremont
bridge
tremont station bridge
pierceville
pierceville road
conrail
wareham
plymouth
plymouth county
massachusetts
lola bennett
historic american engineering record
keystone bridge company
jacob h linville
massachusetts highway department
charles mcdermott
mcginley hart and associates
lauren meyer
john l piper
thomas pratt
martin stupich
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Keystone Bridge Company
Massachusetts Highway Department
McDermott, Charles
Pratt, Thomas
Linville, Jacob H
Piper, John L
McGinley Hart & Associates, contractor
Meyer, Lauren, transmitter
Stupich, Martin, photographer
Bennett, Lola, historian
Location
East Wareham
,
41.76145, -70.71973
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
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