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Photographer: Jet Lowe, Historic American Engineering Record via Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Div (PD)
Taken: 2003
Caption: Detail of Phoenix Column
Additional Description: The Williams Road Bridge in Chapmanville, Penn. also has these rare patented Phoenix columns, which were manufactured by the Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Penn. Used primarily as compression members, the prefabricated columns were stronger and could handle heavier loads than other designs at the time.
Submitted: July 28, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p740010
File Size: 17.711 Megabytes

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