Marker Logo HMdb.org THE HISTORICAL
MARKER DATABASE
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
“Bite-Size Bits of Local, National, and Global History”
Elk Falls in Elk County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge

 
 
Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 23, 2014
1. Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge NRHP Marker
Inscription.
This 1893 Pratt Truss Bridge
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places

by the United States
Department of the Interior
——————————
Falls & Bridge
Visit Often
This historic bridge has been repaired and re-planked with the help of the Coffeyville Community College, and the Ks. Dept. of Parks and Wildlife Americorp[s].

 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. A significant historical year for this entry is 1893.
 
Location. 37° 22.426′ N, 96° 11.044′ W. Marker is in Elk Falls, Kansas, in Elk County. Marker is near the south approach to the bridge, off Montgomery Street about 0.15 miles east of 7th Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elk Falls KS 67345, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 6 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Pershing / Praire Gem School House (approx. 0.6 miles away); Prudence Crandall (approx. 0.9 miles away); a different marker also named Prudence Crandall (approx. 0.9 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.7 miles away); Howard Bells (approx. 8 miles away); Benjamin F. Hobbs (approx. 9.9 miles away).
 
Also see . . .
Paid Advertisement
Click on the ad for more information.
Please report objectionable advertising to the Editor.
Click or scan to see
this page online

1. Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge. National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
at Kansas Historical Society website entry (Submitted on November 27, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.) 

2. Elk Falls, Kansas – The Outhouse Capitol. Legends of America website entry (Submitted on April 29, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
Elk Falls Bridge Sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 23, 2014
2. Elk Falls Bridge Sign
Unique signage at 7th & Montgomery Sts
Elk Falls Bridge Sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 23, 2014
3. Elk Falls Bridge Sign
Unique signage at 7th & Montgomery Sts
Elk Falls Bridge Sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 23, 2014
4. Elk Falls Bridge Sign
Unique signage at 7th & Montgomery Sts
Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge and NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 23, 2014
5. Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge and NRHP Marker
Looking north
Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 23, 2014
6. Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge
View of Elk Falls from Pratt Truss Bridge image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 23, 2014
7. View of Elk Falls from Pratt Truss Bridge
Falls of the Elk River image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 23, 2014
8. Falls of the Elk River
Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge image. Click for full size.
Photographed By William Fischer, Jr., September 23, 2014
9. Elk Falls Pratt Truss Bridge
From the Elk River Falls ledge
Elk Falls image. Click for more information.
via Kansas Travel, unknown
10. Elk Falls
Elk Falls in Cutler's History of Kansas (1883)
Kansas Collection Books website entry
Click for more information.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 29, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 27, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania. This page has been viewed 511 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on November 27, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Scranton, Pennsylvania.   10. submitted on April 11, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.

Share this page.  
Share on Tumblr
m=79224

CeraNet Cloud Computing sponsors the Historical Marker Database.
This website earns income from purchases you make after using our links to Amazon.com. We appreciate your support.
Paid Advertisements
Mar. 28, 2024