Scope and Contents
Kemp prepared the report “West Virginia Historic Bridges” for the West Virginia Department of Culture and History, the West Virginia Division of Highways and the Federal Highway Administration. The box includes his research materials, including correspondence, event programs, photographs, lists, reports and draft reports. The box also includes facsimiles of the following: maps, charts, reports, tables, engineering drawings, and photographs. Subjects include West Virginia bridges in general; the Post Mill Bridge in Wayne County, West Virginia, the Twelvepole Creek Bridge (or “Spunky Bridge”) in Wayne County, West Virginia; the St. Georges Bridge in St. Georges, Delaware; bridge formation, arts organizations and bridge preservation. Highlights include the NRHP nomination form for the Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge in Elm Grove, West Virginia. The following items were moved to Map Cabinet 12, Drawer 11, Folder 7: seven engineering drawings (1979) and one map (undated).
Dates
- Creation: 1972-1989 and undated (includes facsimiles)
Repository Details
Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository
1549 University Ave.
P.O. Box 6069
Morgantown WV 26506-6069 US
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