Nomination for West Fifth Street Bridge

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NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service See instructions in How to Complete National Register Forms and or common Route 531 Bridge/Ashtabula County Lift Bridge street & number - not for publication city, town county Ashtabula X public - unoccupied _ agriculture _ museum - building(s) -private _ commercial - park X structure - work in progress _ educational _ private residence _ entertainment - religious in process - yes: unrestricted - government .scientific X transportation _ other: Ohio 44047 courthouse, registry of deeds, etc. December 15, 1976 - county Ohio Historic Preservation Office depository for survey records Washington, D.C. 007 Accessible both 6.

Representation in Existing Surveys HAER code Ashtabula date Category Jefferson Ownership Status military Ohio Columbus site industrial nventory-Nomination Form district historic 2. Location Public Acquisition 1. Name being considered (3-82) 3. Classification local Ashtabula County title National Register of Historic Places 5. Location of Legal Description Type all entries-complete applicable sections West Fifth Street Bridge X Not Applicable Ashtabula County Engineer Present Use Department of Interior, NPS, HAER Office For NPS use only Where Bridge Street spans the Ashtabula River 4. Owner of Property 25 West Jefferson Street received JUL 2 3 1985 Xstate X tederal X state date entered AUG 2 3 1985 object over .

unaltered _ excellent The Ashtabula West Fifth Street Bridge carries SR 53l over the Ashtabula River counterweight system enacted with the purpose of reducing the total weight and This type of bridge is also known as a Brown balance-beam type due to its designer, Thomas E. Brown. and steel, hence cost of the bridge. The Ashtabula bascule bridge has a single leaf warren truss subdivided into The overall length of the bridge is 235 feet. This includes 17 foot spans at of the bridge is 0406635. an entrance to the Ashtabula Harbour. Condition ruins fair There is a rehabilitation program planned for the bridge.The Richland 7. Description bituminous roadway wearing surface and concrete walks and railings. At the legal load rating posting of seven tons.

Engineering Company of Mansfield, Ohio will be doing the design work.The million for improvements of the structure itself.The bridge is situated as X original site - moveddate consist of reinforced concrete slab and beams which support a brick and The hanger beams feature multiple hinges which allow the deck of the main span of only 70 degrees for the counterweightslocatedon the trussed balance Check one project includes 1.4 million dollars of work on the surrounding area and 1.8 east end of the bridge isa 420 ton concrete block which serves as the Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

Description of the property

This design is marked by overhead counterweights which are connected to in turn, simplifies the balance beam structure which reduces the total weight has a concrete filled buckle plate deck. The tower, rear approach and forward beams, while the roadway and truss moves a full 90 degrees. trusswork balance beams. This permits a smaller rotation of the deteriorated counterweights compared to the angle of rotation exhibited by the span. This, type bascule bridge.This type of bascule is marked by an overhead approach spans have reinforced concrete decks..All are reinforced with to rotate to a full right angle.During operation these hinges allow an arc Areas of Significance - Check and justify below - prehistoric _conservation - economics - sculpture - social/ X. engineering _ music -.

exploration/settlement - -philosophy _ theater _ industry - politics/government - transportation X invention Statement of

Statement of significance

(in one paragraph) The Ashtabula bridge is a Mystic type of Brown bascule bridge. This type of development of bascule bridges is illustrated in the fact that he, along with his son, were responsible for more than twelve patents in this field. Brown is his design of the original elevator in the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. truss in place of the earlier plate girder. state level is documented. Aside from this distinction it is of local bridge has played an important role in the historical nature of the lakefront The bridge was declared eligible for the National Register on December 15, 1976 and has been the focus of a local preservation effort. 1600-1699 1925 1500-1599 1800-1899 1400-1499 communications 1700-1799 commerce Builder/Architect 8.

Significance architecture education humanitarian science literature military law Specific dates Kell-Atkinson Construction engineer of the Otis Elevator Company.One of his substantial accomplishments Historic District.The eastern span of the bridge is bounded on the north by Wendell P.Brown designed the specific bascule bridge found in Ashtabula. _archeology-historic innovators in the field of bascule bridge development:Thomas E.Brown and -agriculture sophisticated in the trusswork of the balance beams and the main span is a allowed for a simplified arrangement of the balance beam structure and reduced his son Thomas junior. Criteria C from its counterpart in Mystic in the fact that it is slightly more Maxwell Industries Inc.and on the south by land owned by Lawler,Inc.The - other (specify) savings in cost.This design was patented in 19i0 and 1924.

Thomas Brown grew up in New York City.He spent the later part of the 180o's --art X. 1900- is significant also in that it is the product of the efforts of two early built in 1922 in Mystic, Connecticut. This innovation featured overhead the steel content and weight of the structure.

This, of course, resulted in importance due to its location at the east end of the Ashtabula Harbour his son turned their attentions towards devising a simple and effective way to Period counterweights connected to trusswork balance beams.In practical terms this counterweight that moved vertically.Early in the twentieth century he and Thomas Brown died before the Ashtabula bridge was built.This bridge differs bridge was invented by Thomas E.Brown of New York.His importance to the working asan engineer on elevated and inclinedrailroads.He also was chief The historic engineering importance of the Ashtabula bascule bridge at the The Ashtabula West Fifth Street Bridge is significant because it is the only The Ohio Historic Bridge Inventory Evaluation and Preservation Plan, published by the Ohio Department of Transportation, 1983.

Quadrangle name - UT M References The nominated property consists of the bridge measuring 235 feet by 30 feet and its street & number The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: _ national according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. For NPS use only Chief of Registration GPO 911-399 04/12/85 county 12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification date Northing Ashtabula code organization Attest: Warren Slay name/title 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References local 10. Geographical Data Ohio telephone 216/993-7205 3102 Jefferson Road X state Ashtabula North List all states and counties for properties overlapping state or county boundaries Verbal boundary description and justification 11. Form Prepared By Zone Easting Ashtabula Star Beacon As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89 Entered in the 665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated Hhereby certify that this property is included in the National Register city or town Quadrangle scale Zone piers and abutments. 1:24000 David Simmons, "Unusual Bascule Bridge in Ashtabula." Ohio County Engineer 4l (Nov. 198l):1.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET West Fifth Street Bridge JUL 23 198 Fed. Reg. Date: Date Due: _ L resubmission -nomination by person or local government - REJECT - - owner objection Federal Agency: _ -appeal LJ sample -request L NR decision Reviewer - _ see continuation sheet Nomination returned for: _ technical corrections cited below _substantive reasons discussed below 1. Name 2. Location 3. Classification 4. Owner of Property 5. Location of Legal Description 6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? 7.

Description -excellent -unaltered - original site J ruins - moved J unexposed - summary paragraph - boundary selection yes Condition dates clarity Category completeness deteriorated Recom./Criteria RETURN Action: Accessible OHIO alterations/integrity Substantive Review: Working No. Ashtabula County Discipline Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance Ownership Check one Present Use Reviewer's comments: Public Acquisition Mational Register Status Eatered in the WASO Form - 177 ] good fair ACCEPT -summary paragraph - completeness - clarity - applicable criteria -justification of areas checked -relating significance to the resource J context relationship of integrity to significance J justification of exception J other 9. Major Bibliographical References 10. Geographical Data Acreage of nominated property 11. Form Prepared By 12.

State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is: - Historic Preservation Officer signature - Photographs Signed _ Phone: _ Date Maps attached Builder/Architect _national local 8. Significance UTM References Verbal boundary description and justification _state Quadrangle name Questions concerning this nomination may be directed to Statement of Significance (in one paragraph) Areas of Significance-Check and justify below Comments for item may be continued title Period GATE CLEARANCE TONS BRIDGE LIMIT West Filth Street Bridge Bridge Street, Ashtalula, Ashtabula county, Negative on file at anthropology dept., Youngstoun State University East portion looking West, 1 of 4 photos Ohio 1985.

12 FT GATE CLEARANCE POUCH Bridge Street, Ashtalula, Ashtalula county, Negative on file at anthropology dept., Ohio West Fifth Street Bridge Youngstoun State University Close up looking West, 2 of 4 photos 1985. West Fifth Street Bridge Bridge Street, Ashtalula, Ashtalula county, Negative on file at Anthropology Dept., Youngstoun State University Looking South, 3 of 4 photos Ohio West Fifth Street Bridge Bridge Street, Ashtabula, Ashtalula county, Negative on file at anthropology dept., Youngstoun State University Looking Northeast, 4 of 4 photos Ohio OHIO - ASHTABULA CO ASHTABULA NORTH QUADRANGLE ASHTABULA NORTH, OHIO GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATE OF OHIO UTM: West Fifth St. Bridge UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS 7.5 MINUTE SERIES (TOPOGRAPHIC) 1985 Velma Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43211 SINCE 1885 July 16, 1985 Ms.

Carol Shull, Chief 1100 L Street, N.W. Dear Carol : everything possible to expedite this nomination. New Submiss lons Whee|Ing Avenue Historic District W. Ray Luce SOCIETY 614/466-1500 County Guernsey HISTORICAL Ashtabula Preble First Presbyterian Church Enclosures Ottawa Pickaway Trinity Lutheran Church Middle Bass Club Historic District First Methodist Episcopal Church Watt-Groce-Fickardt House National Park Service of Wapakoneta State Historic Preservation Office WRL:bp National Register of Historic Places Ohio Historic Preservation Office Acton House Enclosed are nine new National Register nominations. All of the appropriate Stark National Road and the Mayor of Massillon waiving their right to comment on the nomination West Fifth Street Bridge Please contact me if you have any questions.

Department of the Interior for the First Methodist Episcopal Church,Massillon, Stark County.Please do Washington, D.C. 20240 notification procedures have been followed for these new submissions.Please Sincerg