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

Nomination for Mill Road Bowstring Bridge

The case file that argued this property on to the National Register: 1,571 words across 11 pages, filed in 1979. 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 79001869, 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 RECEIVED OCT 2 5 1979 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 2 LOCATION STREET & NUMBER Mill Road (Iwp. Road 184) a. -NOT FOR PUBLICATION CITY.
TOWN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT X VICINITY OF 17 - John Ashbrook PRESENT USE X UNOCCUPIED *STRUCTURE -WORK IN PROGRESS -PRIVATE RESIDENCE _IN PROCESS X_YES: RESTRICTED - YES: UNRESTRICTED OWNER OF PROPERTY LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION REPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS 083 039 OBJECT Mansfield DATE Bladensburg BOTH COUNTY CLASSIFICATION HISTORIC ACCESSIBLE SCIENTIFIC CODE STATE EDUCATIONAL CATEGORY OWNERSHIP MUSEUM AGRICULTURE COMMERCIAL GOVERNMENT East High Street DEC PRIVATE RELIGIOUS MILITARY Ohio Historic Inventory NAME PARK INDUSTRIAL Knox XTRANSPORTATION Mill Road Bowstring Bridge Ohio Mount Vernon STATUS Knox County Commissioners BEING CONSIDERED BUILDING(S) PUBLIC ACQUISITION OTHER: Ohio State University Mansfield Campus COURTHOUSE. _ENTERTAINMENT December 1978 DATE ENTERED XPUBLIC TITLE _DISTRICT FOR NPS USE ONLY -SITE REGISTRY OF DEEDS,ETC.
Knox County Courthouse DESCRIPTION X DETERIORATED XORIGINAL SITE MOVED DATE. DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

Description of the property

together to form a single rigid hollow tube. Wooden planking covers the roadway and is supported by iron beams, which are in turn CONDITION UNEXPOSED EXCELLENT FAIR RUINS GOOD The overall width of the structure is about nineteen feet with a roadway that is sixteen although there are no overhead bracing members.At intervals of about eight feet, most unique elements of this bridge and are composed of four iron plates fastened rise to a height of six feet six inches in the center of the bridge and are braced The bridge is about seventy five feet long, with a clear span of about seventy feet. fill to achieve a height of about fifteen feet above the stream level.A metal plate CHECK ONE The two compression tubes bear the name of the Phoenix Iron Co.,Phila.,Pa.at regular by new guardrails or damaged by collisions.
a gradual embankment from the west toward the creek.Trees and brush line the banks of laterally by a series of small diagonal struts on each side and by the roadway itself, a mile northwest of here. rusting, although the structure itself appears to be intact and has not been altered X_UNALTERED isa woods and to the south isa farmhouse and barns.The village of Bladensburg is about the creek, but fields are located in the flood plain adjacent to the stream. To the north DATE The Mill Road Bridge is an iron bowstring arch-truss bridge that spans Wakatomika Creek The bridge is now closed to vehicular traffic and is in poor condition.Much of the outward intervals along their length anda patent date of June 16,1862.They are perhaps the identifies the builder and has a patent date of April (last digit is missing). - PERIOD AREAS OF

From the form

The catalogue entry the section above was filed under.

SIGNIFICANCE -- CHECK AND JUSTIFY BELOW PREHISTORIC _COMMUNITY PLANNING -LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE SOCIAL/HUMANITARIAN X ENGINEERING MUSIC X 1800-1899 _COMMERCE POLITICS/GOVERNMENT _OTHER (SPECIFY) INVENTION STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Statement of significance

This bridge is a rare example of a metal bowstring arch-truss bridge, a type that Whipple in 1841. The Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Cantón, fabricators of this bridge, When this bridge was constructed here, an active mill and other structures served to 1400-1499 1500-1599 1700-1799 EDUCATION ART RELIGION ARCHEOLOGY-HISTORIC SCIENCE ARCHITECTURE LAW ARCHEOLOGY-PREHISTORIC AGRICULTURE 1900- THEATER TRANSPORTATION SIGNIFICANCE SCULPTURE MILITARY _COMMUNICATIONS LITERATURE INDUSTRY the handful of bowstring arch-truss bridges that survive today in Ohio. _EXPLORATION/SETTLEMENT reinforced concrete, coupled with greater weight requirements have virtually eliminated durability, resistance to corrosiveness, and working loads for wrought iron structures.
The Phoenix Iron Company was a major innovator in the use of iron in engineering bridge had been supplanted by more durable iron box trusses.High strength steel and house remains in this vicinity along this lightly travelled road.The decline of the Wrought Iron Bridge Company patents. By the turn of the century, the bowstring arch-truss this company's patented designs for compression members, but soon after, invented their settlement and the cessation of the mill operation have enabled this bridge to be among single, double and triple intersection Pratt through trusses; combination trusses; and bridge company with patented partsbya nationally significant iron fabricator. Southern, and Southwestern states.Their Book of Designs of Wrought Iron Bridges one of the leading and widest ranging metal bridge fabrication firms in the nation.
represents an import^segment of engineering history, that was constructed by a leading _CONSERVATION They circulated agents and erected structures throughout the New England, Eastern Midwest, 70's.Job Abbott was the vice-president and chief engineer and Michael Adler was the history of iron bridge buildings in Europe and America, and articles on the strength, this type of bridge in Ohio. -PHILOSOPHY published in 1874 included a variety of bowstring arches; deck arches; low trusses; -_ECONOMICS SPECIFIC DATES c. 1876 was förmed in 1865 by David Hammond, who patented a number of designs in the 1860's and The same book included a make this site a locally important settlement and trading center.
Today, only one farm- The bowstring arch-truss was first patented by the famous bridge engineer Squire general superintendent.Under their leadership, the Wrought Iron Bridge Company became advantages of wrought iron bridges over wood or cast iron.

The rest of the file

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

MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES Simmons, David, "Caledonia Bowstring Bridge" National Register nomination form. League, August 1978, pages 13-18. Mr. Loy Brewer, 26630 Mill Road, Frazeysburg, Ohio 43822 O GEOGRAPHICAL DATA , UTM NOT VERIFIED QUADRANGLE NAME QUADRANGLE SCALE VERBAL BOUNDARY DESCRIPTION Located at the junction of Mill Road and Wakatomika Creek, the nominated property includes the bridge, abutments and fi STATE V 11 FORM PREPARED BY NAME / TITLE STREET & NUMBER (419) 755-4011 CITY OR TOWN 12 STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS: NATIONAL - LOCAL - 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 DATE 10/16/79 FOR NPS USE ONLY KEEP ER OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER GPO 921-803 44906 ORGANIZATION CODE NORTHING Mansfield DATE COUNTY TELEPHONE Ohio structures or buildings are included. UTM REFERENCES 1660 University Drive March 1979 Ohio State University Mansfield Campus Steven McQuillin, Regional Preservation Officer Ohio Historic Preservation Office.
ZONE EASTING feet of land on each side of the abutments.No other Historic American Engineering Record, "Trusses", distributed in the LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES ZONE ATTEST: 2-5-79 FLLILL Knez Working Number/0.23.79,2574 Photos - BRANCH CHIEF Send-back - Re-submit - KEEPER OTHER Inventory ARCHEOLOGIST CONTROL HAER Maps TECHNICAL HISTORIAN United States Department of the Interior -Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service National Register Write-up 79001869 Federal Register Entry 2-5-80 Entered _ DEC51979 State BRIDGE NARROW 1. Mill Road/Bridge 4. June 1979 5. Ohio State University Mansfeld Campus 6. Roadway deck, looking east OCT 2 5 1979 3. Steven McQuillin 7. MRB-1 2. Bladensburg vicinity, Ohio Bowstning DEC 1. Mill Road/Bridge 2. Bladensburg vicinity, Ohio 3. Steven McQuillin 4. June 1979 5.
Ohio State University Mansfield Campus 6. Side view, looking north OCT 2 5 1979 7. MRB-2 KNOX #2 UNITED STATES Martins burs, Ohio 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC MILL ROAD BOWSTRING BRIDGE ROAD CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MARTINSBURG QUADRANGLE Scal:1:24000 io Historical Center 1-71 & 17th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 (614) 466-1500 October 18, 1979 Mr. Charles Herrington, Acting Keeper 440 G Street, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20243 Dear Mr. Herrington: Boesel, Adolph, House Maltby, Henry, House Thomson, Peter G., Residence Adams, George W. House Rider, Adam, House Anderson, William M., House St.
Peters Church Pickaway Lincoln School Muskingum County Richland County NATIONAL Cuyahoga County Knox County Athens County Hamilton County Keystone Furnace Herron Gymnasium Metropolitan Block Seneca County Fairfield County Otterbein Mausoleum Jackson County Ross County Hock-Hocking Wine Cellar Courthouse Center Athens Governmental Buildings Licking County hio Historic Preservation Office Shepard Street School Butler County Pennsylvania Railway Station Allen County Mill Road Bowstring Bridge Mahoning County Department of the Interior Michaels Farm National Register of Historic Plcees Hruby Conservatory of Music Industrial Buildings of Tiffin our intent to nominate.
Warner Theater Parmelee House Crawfis Institute Franklin County Auglaize County Medina County Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service Madam Fredin's Eden Park School RECEIVED Enclosed are 3l regular nominations and 2resubmissions.All have been approved by the state review board and the owners have been informed of Higby House REGISTER Mr. Charles Herrington Page 2 Lee, Samuel, House David L. Brook enclosures Sincerely, Resubmissions Mason House Washington County Union County Wayne County Home Montgomery County Stark County Coshocton County DLB:CW was relocated) Waernicke-Hille House & Store State Historic Preservation Officer Elmwood Place Let me know if we can provide any additional information. Loew-Define Grocery Store & Home Deed's Barn (listed property that STATE OHIO Trinway vicinity Honorable John H. Glenn, Jr. Mr. David Brook Honorable Clarence E.
Miller Byers/bjr 1212/79 Location Name Bladensburg vicinity Knox County Also Notified Date Entered Coshocton and Muskingum Counties Adans-Gray House Honorable Howard M. Metzenbaum ENTRIES IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER Mill Road Bowstring Bridge The Ohio Historical Society Honorable John M. Ashbrook 51979 Interstate 71 at 17th Avenue For further information,please call the National Register at(202)343-6401.