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"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County Route 73, Antwerp, Paulding County, OH

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"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County Route 73, Antwerp, Paulding County, OH

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Summary

Significance: The Forder Bridge is a "textbook" example of a typical, prefabricated metal-truss that represents the transition from bridges made of wrought-iron to steel between 1889 and 1893. It is the oldest all-steel Pratt truss in Ohio.
Survey number: HAER OH-42
Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction

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Date

1933 - 1970
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works
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Library of Congress
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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

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