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Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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Speicher Bridge, Church Road over Tulpehocken Creek between Penn & North Heidelberg Townships, Bernville, Berks County, PA

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Summary

Significance: Speicher Bridge, a rural iron highway bridge, is a good example from the important mid-19th century era of metal bridge technology.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7
Survey number: HAER PA-60
Building/structure dates: 1878 Initial Construction

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Morse Bridge Company
Marlsberger & Company
Morse, Henry G
Campbell, Stuart, historian
Clement, Dan, historian
Bley, Anthony, photographer
Anderson, Richard K, delineator
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Location

Bernville (Pa.)40.43343, -76.11216
Google Map of 40.433426, -76.1121648
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Source

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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