Decorative drawing: a timber truss bridge spanning a river on stone piers, side elevation. Not a photograph of this place.

Nomination for Dresden Suspension Bridge

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,547 words across 13 pages, filed in 1978. Read by 4 independent recognisers, of which at least 3 had to agree before a line was published.

Source document Held by the National Archives in Record Group 79 as reference 78002153, where it exists only as a scan with no text layer. The words below were read off that scan by 4 independent recognisers at two resolutions. Only lines that at least 3 of them returned identically appear below; where they disagreed, the line is withheld rather than guessed, so some of the form's furniture is missing. Spelling is never corrected, so a stray character that all the readers agreed on is the recogniser's and the typewriter's.. Nothing is summarised, corrected or written by this site. See the catalogue record, or return to the property.

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

Form No. 10-300 REV. (9/77) UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE JUN 2 6 1978 NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES - COMPLETE APPLICABLE SECTIONS AND/OR COMMON STREET & NUMBER _NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY. TOWN - VICINITY OF 1 1978 PRESENT USE AGRICULTURE _WORK IN PROGRESS PRIVATE RESIDENCE PUBLIC ACQUISITION -IN PROCESS - YES: RESTRICTED BEING CONSIDERED XYES: UNRESTRICTED X_TRANSPORTATION OWNER OF PROPERTY NAME State of Ohio, Department of Transportation c/o Director, Real Estate Administration 5 LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS November, 1976 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 039 LOCATION CODE DATE OBJECT COUNTY STATE EDUCATIONAL HISTORIC CLASSIFICATION ENTERTAINMENT Muskingum DISTRICT ACCESSIBLE PARK GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP RELIGIOUS CATEGORY SCIENTIFIC MUSEUM COMMERCIAL SITE MILITARY Ohio Historic Inventory XSTRUCTURE Ohio RECEIVED INDUSTRIAL STATUS PRIVATE OTHER: COURTHOUSE. Ohio Historical Center NAME XPUBLIC Muskingum County Court House DATE ENTERED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 25 South Front Street DRESDEN SUSPENSION BRIDGE - UNOCCUPIED 10-Clarence Miller TITLE Fourth and Main Streets _BUILDING(S) FOR NPS USE ONLY _BOTH State Routes 208 G,666 Columbus, OH -FEDERAL XSTATE COUNTY LOCAL 43211 7 DESCRIPTION X_ORIGINAL SITE _MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

tower is pinned into the piers, thus allowing the towers to rotate on these two-channel steel posts connected with latticework, with all connections being are connected to the top'chord of the Warren truss system. The truss system itself The original latticework guard railings are intact, with the width of the roadway c. 400' in width. CONDITION UNEXPOSED UNALTERED DETERIORATED EXCELLENT XALTERED FAIR light green.
The Dresden Suspension Bridge spans the Muskingum River at the east boundary CHECK ONE XGOOD The bridge over the Muskingum River at Dresden is a suspension bridge hanger bars with tension maintained through the use of turnbuckles.These hangers nearest to the village of Dresden,188'.The bridge is anchored into concrete nected by riveted latticework.The trusses are 9.5' in height.The eastern span the river bed.At.the.point of crossing the river has a gravel bed and is -RUINS consists of three panels; the center of 1l panels; and the western on 12 panels. piers;it rests on two piers sunk into the channel of the in turn spans:the easternmost is 42'in the constructed of a series of eye bars,6'xl°1/4",with pin connectors set at regular of the village of Dresden, at the east line of Jefferson Township.
The eastern support the two towers located at the juncture of the spans. The base of each is a pony Warren system with verticals comprised of channel and angle iron con- and covered with a bituminous covering. The superstructure is currently painted DATE supporting Warren pony trusses. riveted.The two upright posts of each tower are connected with channel steel being 20'.The roadway itself is of concrete reinfornce with 7 ga.corrugated steel end of the bridge is in Madison Township.The structure is suspended c.45'above AREAS OF

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE - CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC _LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SCIENCE - 1500-1599 AGRICULTURE EDUCATION EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT X 1900- _OTHER (SPECIFY) INVENTION SPECIFIC DATES LA Swingle Construction Co STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

the spring of 1913 a devastating flood swept through the valley and completely the J.A. Swingle Contracting Co., of Zanesville for the substructure, and with the Bellefontaine Bridge and Steel Co. of Bellefontaine, Ohio, for the superstructure. the Buchanan Bridge Co., which was also located in the Logan County, Ohio, town of 1400-1499 1600-1699 LAW COMMERCE ARCHITECTURE ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC CONSERVATION The POLITICS/GOVERNMENT SCULPTURE ART PERIOD INDUSTRY MILITARY XENGINEERING LITERATURE SIGNIFICANCE XTRANSPORTATION MUSIC structure which has served the transportation needs of the upper Muskingum River _PHILOSOPHY The Dresden Suspension Bridge is nominated for its significance as an enginnering LCOMMUNICATIONS for many in the Dresden area.
_ECONOMICS "contractors for heavy masonry, etc.," although the company apparently was active Swingle was noted in early twentieth century Zanesville City Directories as being area since its erection.It was built in 1914 on the site of an 1853 suspension ing heritage of.the Muskingum Valley, and is clearly a source.of historical pride earlier structure was the oldest suspension-bridge'west of the Alleghennies.In bridges as far west as Oklahoma and Nebraska, and at their highpoint employed 100 - 1700-1799 _SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN -1800-1899 _RELIGION ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC COMMUNITY PLANNING bridge originally constructed under the supervision of one George Copeland. The wrecked the old bridge. Bids were let by the Muskingum County Commissioners, James for only 1910 to 1916.
The Bellefontaine Bridge and Steel Co was the successor to Today the Dresden Suspension Bridge remains a significant part of the engineer- 1914 BUILDER/ARCHITECT

The rest of the file

Bibliography, boundary description, and the people who prepared and reviewed the nomination.

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Bridge information sheet, Ohio Department of Transportation, District 5, Newark, Ohio, for Bridge #MUS-208-0044. July 21, 1930. Dresden Transcript (Dresden, Ohio), April 4, 1913. Kennedy, Robert P. Historical Review of Logan County, Ohio (Chicago: S.J. Clarke, 10 GEOGRAPHICAL DATA QUADRANGLE NAME - Dresden, Ohio VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME/ TITLE David L.
Taylor, Regional Historic Preservation Officer November, STREET & NUMBER - TELEPHONE 1425 Newark Road CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL V As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665).I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE FOR NPS USE ONLY I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 614-453-0762 DATE CODE ORGANIZATION NORTHING COUNTY STATE 1903).
Ohio University-Zanesville ZONE EASTING Located on the Muskingum River at the eastern boundary of the village of Dresden, SHPO ACREAGE OF NOMINATED PROPERTY less than one acre QUADRANGLE SCALE UTM REFERENFEP on State Route 208. The nominated property includes the abutments, piers, and ZONE 1:24000 1441411400 Photos - Inventory _ REVIEW UNIT CHIEF Send-back - DEC 1 OTHER Entered ARCHEOLOGIST KEEPER TECHNICAL Maps HISTORIAN HAER Re-submit Property National Register Write-up Federal Register Entry Review United States Department of the Interior National Park Service WAso No.7 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIAN BRANCH CHIEF Working Numbey. 24. 78. 3439 11.20.78 INT:2106 -74 1978 CONTROL 11.27.78 DRES DEN SUS PENS ION FRIDGE Dresden, Ohio Photo by David L. Taylor, 4/78, Negative MUS-32-5-2, filed at Eridge under construction, c.
1914 DEC 1 1978 JUN 2 6 1978 Ohio University-Zanesville, underpinnings prior to erection showing falsework supporting copied from old photo of piers & suspension system Zanesville, Ohio DRES DEN S US PENS ION ERIDGE Negative MUS-7-2-1, filed at Zanesville, Ohio Ohio University-Zanesville, Photo by David L. Taylor, ll/76 View of bridge from east bank of Dresden, Ohio 7-2-1 DEC11978 Dresden, Ohio Negative MUS-31-7-3, filed at Zanesville, Ohio Vest tower & cable system DEC 1 1978 Ohio University-Zanesville, Photo by David Taylor, 4/78 DRES DEN SUS PENS ION RIDGE Dresden, Ohio Negative MUS-32-1-3, filed at Zanesville, Ohio Varren pony truss system JUN 2 6 1978 Ohio University-Zanesville, and original latticework guard railings View of center span, showing Photo by David Taylor, 4/78 ERECTED N 1914 DRES DEN S US PENS ION ERIDGE Dresden, Ohio Photo by David L.
Taylor, 4/78 Negative MUS -31-7-2, filed at Zanesville, Ohio JUN 2 6 1978 Ohio University-Zanesville, Eridge plaque DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR RECEIVED DEC DRESDEN QUADRANGLE DEC 1 Wheeler, John, House Cronenwatt, Georg, House Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Dr. Thomas H. Smith The. Ohio Historical Society Columbus, Ohio 43211 12/15/78 Byers/bjr Location STATE Newark vicinity Licking County Director Name Lucas County Also Notified Date Entered Upland Farm Dresden Suspension Bridge Toledo Club Sandusky Coumty Honorable Thomas L. Ashley Cuyahoga County State Historic Preservation Officer Honorable Ronald M. Mottl Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum Muskingum County Honorable Clarence E. Miller ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Honorable John M. Ashbrook Honorable Delbert L.
Latta Interstate 7l at 17th Avenue Woodville 1978 Berea X STATE SOURCE of NOMINATION - PRIVATE ORGANIZATION - deteriorated Oaltered Doriginal site 17) features: O NOT INTACT-O Ounexposed Dreconstructed - Unknown Dunexcavated ZO NOT APPLICABLE - 9 - No Access SAVED?
-YES AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE : CLAIMS: explain L LANDSCAPE ARCH.- 15 - POLITICS / GOVT." 21 DRECREATION -28 'first'O - ENTERTAINMENT-26 - LAW - 16 - RELIGION-22 © SETTLEMENT-29 - ARCHEOLOGY- historic-1 - COMMUNICATIONS -7 -EXPLORATION -12 - LITERATURE -17 - SCIENCE- 23 - URBAN PLANNING-31 'oldest' O - AGRICULTURE -3 - CONSERVATION - 8 - HEALTH-27 C MILITARY - 18 - ARCHITECTURE-4 - ECONOMICS-9 - INDUSTRY-13 - MUSIC- 19 - SOCIAL / CULTURAL- 30 'only' O - ART-5 - EDUCATION-10 - INVENTION -14 - PHILOSOPHY - 20 - TRANSPORTATION - 25 as functions major alterations : ) architectural style(s): Sartisan: @bullder/contractor: NATIONAL REGISTER WRITE-UP _date.
|IF ADDITIONAL SPACE NEEDED, NUMBER & PUT ON REVERSE 119 CONDITION ASSOCIATION Dresden Muskingum FEDERAL INSTITUTIONAL: PERSONAL: ENGINEERING-11 EVENTS: CURRENTLY: historic events: artist: vicinity of WHEN HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT: county code: landscape architect/ garden designer: ADMINISTRATOR: LOCAL Dresden Suspension Bridge dates of initial construction: SUBSTANTIALLY INTACT-1 master builder: Dexcellent NATIONAL REGISTER DATA SHEET Oruins Ofair GNPS REGION: 2 OTHER NAMES: city / town OH 208 and OH 666 CARCHEOLOGY - prehistoric-2 -COMMERCE -6 1 interior decorator: 1978 engineer: reviewers initials BACCESS date of entry: as it appears on federal register: give role & date IS PROPERTY A HISTORIC DISTRICT?yesno OMO