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Bollman Truss Bridges, 1855, 1965-2004 (includes facsimiles)

 File — Box: 206

Scope and Contents

As director of IHTIA, Kemp collaborated on research about Bollman truss, space truss and Fink truss bridges. The box includes these research materials, including computer-generated data, engineering drawings, reports, correspondence, graphs, book excerpts, handwritten notes, post cards and an invitation. The box also includes facsimile book excerpts and facsimile engineering drawings. Subjects include Wendel Bollman; Bollman truss bridges; the B&O Railroad Potomac River Crossing in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia; the Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge in Savage, Maryland; King's Bridge in Middlecreek Township, Pennsylvania; Fink truss bridges; space truss bridges; patenting bridge designs; compression in bridge parts; bridge loads; and arches. The following oversize items were moved to Box 344: 20 sheets computer print-outs (1985) and 1 facsimile engineering drawing (undated).

Dates

  • Creation: 1855, 1965-2004 (includes facsimiles)

Repository Details

Part of the West Virginia and Regional History Center Repository

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