Wheeling Suspension Bridge Restoration and Fifth Historic Bridge Conference, 1979 and undated

While assisting in the restoration of the Wheeling Suspension Bridge in Wheeling, West Virginia, Kemp acquired original metal parts of the bridge. These metal parts were used to test the strength of the bridge’s cable wires. Some of the metal parts were originally packaged separately, and most of those parts arrived in two sub-parts: an approximately six inch-long rod with two threaded ends and a smooth middle, and an approximately 0.75 inch-long threaded rod. Other parts arrived together in one smaller box. At least one part was sent to Kemp by Beverly Fluty.