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Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, Wareham, Plymouth County, MA

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Tremont Station Bridge, Pierceville Road, spanning Conrail tracks, Wareham, Plymouth County, MA

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Summary

Significance: The Tremont Station Bridge is one of the oldest metal truss bridges in Massachusetts and the earliest to incorporate J.H. Linville's wide, upset-ended eyebars, a feature which would become standard in late nineteenth century pin-connected trusses. The bridge was built by an important nineteenth century bridge company, the Keystone Bridge Company. It is also of interest for its apparent original design as a railroad bridge and its later adaptation as a highway bridge.
Survey number: HAER MA-141
Building/structure dates: ca. 1878 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1887-1888 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Keystone Bridge Company
Massachusetts Highway Department
McDermott, Charles
Pratt, Thomas
Linville, Jacob H
Piper, John L
McGinley Hart & Associates, contractor
Meyer, Lauren, transmitter
Stupich, Martin, photographer
Bennett, Lola, historian
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Location

East Wareham41.76145, -70.71973
Google Map of 41.7614511, -70.71973419999999
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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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