"Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge, Spanning Maumee River at County Route 73, Antwerp, Paulding County, OH
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
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works
Location
antwerp, 41.18144, -84.74051
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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