Nomination for Dey Road Bridge

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NPS Form 10-900 (Rev. 10-90) United States Department of the Interior JAN - 8 1999 National Park Service NAT. REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM This form is for use in nominatingor requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in How to Complete the National materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional entries and narrative items on continuation sheets (NPS Form 10-900a). Use a typewriter, word processor, or computer, to complete all items. 1. Name of Property historic name DEY ROAD BRIDGE other names/site number Structural File No. 2033739 2. Location street & number .35 miles east U.S. 24 city or town_Defiance * vicinity state Ohio code _OH _ county Defiance _ zip code_43512 3.

State/Federal Agency Certification As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act of 1986, as amended, 1 hereby certify that this d nomination -request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property Gl meets does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant O nationally - statewide *X locally. (- See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Dept. Head Ohio Historic Preservation Office -- OH SHPO State or Federal agency and bureau In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. (- See continuation sheet for additional Signature of commenting or other official 4.

National Park Service Certification Date of Action entered in the National Register - See continuation sheet. determined not eligible for the removed from the National Register other (explain): _ Date 12-18-98 comments.) publication National Register Signature of certifying official Register of Historic Places Registration Form (National Register Bulletin 16A). Complete each item by marking "x" in the appropriate box or by entering the information requested. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, 1, hereby certify that this property is: 2.5.99 DEY ROAD BRIDGE DEFIANCE, OH Property Name 5.

Classification Ownership of Property Category of Property Number of Resources within Property (Check only one box) (Do not include previously listed resources in the count) - private - building(s) Name of related multiple property listing Number of contributing resources previously listed 6. Function or Use Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions) 7.

Description OTHER: Pratt through truss (Describe the historic and current condition of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) Foundation district object concrete public-Federal roof site walls public-State structure public-local Total Materials Narrative Description Noncontributing Historic Functions Architectural Classification TRANSPORTATION/road-related/bridge in the National Register County and State (Check as many boxes as apply) Not in use (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing.) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 7 Defiance County, OH The Dey Road Bridge is located in a rural setting one mile northwest of Defiance, the county seat of Defiance County.

It is located on its original site over the Tiffin River, although since 1995 the bridge south of the Dey Road Bridge. Set on concrete abutments, the Dey Road Bridge is an intact, well preserved example of a Pratt through truss steel bridge. The single span extends 170 feet and is 16 feet wide. A decorative composed of two channels, a top plate and lacing while the verticals have two channels with lacing. corrugated metal deck, the asphalt weaving surface, and the steel stringers. The stringers were replaced, the bridge was painted and a new timber deck and floor joists installed. SKETCH OF STRUCTURE SHOWING DIMENSIONS SECTION OF TRUSS MEMBERS SOURCE: Ohio Bridge Inventory, December, 1981. Description Page Dey Road Bridge HIP VERTICALS The bottom chords and diagonal tension members are flat eye bars (Photo #3).

Like many bridges SAME XXXXXXXKXA manufacturer's plate adorns the top of the west portal (Photo #5). The top chords and end posts are TOP CHORDS INTERMEDIATE POSTS built during this time, it is pin-connected (Photo #4). Changes to the bridge are minimal. The bridge DIAGONALS PINS BOTTOM CHORDS END POSTS DIA G8-6" DEY ROAD BRIDGE DEFIANCE, OH Property Name 8. Statement of Significance

Statement of significance

Areas of Significance (Mark "X" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for (Enter categories from instructions) made a significant contribution to the broad Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. - C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period,or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses Period of Significance high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. Property has yielded, or is likely to yield (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) - A owned by a religious institution or used for Significant Person - B removed from its original location. - C a birthplace or a grave. - D a cemetery. - E a reconstructed building, object,or structure. - F a commemorative property.

Toledo-Massillon Bridge Company significance within the past 50 years. (Explain the significance of the property on one or more continuation sheets.) 9.

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

Major Bibliographical References (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form on one or more continuation sheets.) - recorded by Historic American Engineering Record - preliminary determination of individual listing (36 Primary location of additional data CFR 67) has been requested - previously listed in the National Register - State Historic Preservation Office - previously determined eligible by the National - Other State agency - Federal agency - designated a National Historic Landmark - Local government - recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey - University - Other 1906-1948 Bibliography Register Previous documentation on file (NPS)N/ A Architect/Builder Cultural Affiliation Criteria Considerations Engineering religious purposes.

Significant Dates Property is: Applicable National Register Criteria County and State National Register listing) Narrative Statement of Significance patterns of our history. information important in prehistory or history. Name of repository: A Property is associated with events that have G less than50 years of age or achieved (Complete if Criterion B is marked above) DEY ROAD BRIDGE DEFIANCE, OH County and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property Less than one (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) - See continuation sheet. Verbal Boundary Description (Describe the boundaries of the property on a continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (Explain why the boundaries were selected on a continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By name/title_Gaylon L.

Davis, P.E., P.S., and Steve Gordon, OHPO organization_Defiance Office state OH date_October, 1998 _ telephone_419-782-4751 city or town Submit the following items with the completed form: A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Additional items (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items) (Complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO.) Defiance.County Engineer street & number 500 Second Street Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C. 470 et seq.). Budget, Paperwork Reductions Project (1024-0018), Washington, DC 20503. NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Rev.

10-90) Northing Maps telephone Photographs Additional Documentation Zone Easting County Engineer's Continuation Sheets Property Owner UTM References Property Name _ zip code 43512 A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location. _ state_OH zip code 43512 Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18.1 hours per response including the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Chief, Administrative Services Division,National Park Service, P.0.Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013-7127; and the Office of Management and 1. 16 city or town Defiance Representative black and white photographs of the property.

listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance 4574070 718920 name Zone Easting Northing United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Dey Road Bridge Defiance County, OH Built in 1906 and still located on its original site, the Dey Road Bridge is significant under Criterion C Toledo-Massillon bridges have been replaced. horizontal wooden member precluded its widespread use until the last quarter of the nineteenth With its heavy vertical members and slender diagonals, the Pratt truss achieved a record of reliability In June, 1906 the Defiance County Commissioners passed a resolution to replace the old wagon bridge over the Tiffin River with an iron bridge with new abutments and approaches.

After bids were received for the concrete abutment the job was awarded to Schneider Brothers for $5.65 cubic yard. Contract for the 170-foot bridge span was awarded to the Toledo-Massillon Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio, for the amount of $3,967.50. David Simmons has noted the Massillon Bridge Company and its long association with the Massillon operation until 1905 when it was re-named the Toledo-Massillon which during World War I manufactured structural steel for U.S. freight boats. The Great Depression As part of the 1983 Ohio Historic Bridge Inventory, Evaluation, and Preservation Plan, 168 bridges 1990 (attached).

as a well preserved representation of a Pratt through truss in Ohio and also as a rare surviving work metal truss bridges reduced costs through standardization.The use of standardized parts and pin Bridge Co.In 1909, the firm was re-capitalized as the Massillon Bridge and Structural Company, Section number 8 Page of the Toledo-Massillon Bridge Company, a firm that was in operation only from 1905-1909. Only one companies like Toledo-Massillon, to carve out a very important niche in the short-span highway Joseph Davenport, a Massillon, Ohio, inventor. During the 1870s Toledo's Smith Bridge Co. began a ODOT. An additional 184 bridges, including the Dey Road Bridge, were classified as "Reserve Pool" Bridges, a category given those spans that scored highly but just below "Selected" bridge status.

featured in the Second Ohio Historic Bridge Inventory, Evaluation and Preservation Plan published in other bridge made by this firm is believed to be still extant in Ohio; since 1986 two other surviving The Pratt truss was developed in the 1840s by Thomas and Caleb Pratt as a predominately wooden connections that allowed rapid field erection enabled American engineers, and their bridge Pittsburgh. After manufacturing bridges for 74 years, the Massillon plant ceased production in 1943. In 1985 the Dey Road Bridge was upgraded from the Reserve Pool to Selected status to replace and economy. In addition, the repeated patterns found in the component parts of late-19th-century during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Massillon Bridge Co.

was established in 1869 by bridge market.The work was so extensive and influential that an international identity was United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Defiance County, OH Verbal Boundary Description Blue, Herbert, T.O. History of Stark County, Ohio. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1928. Heald, Edward T.The Stark County Story Vol l., Canton: The Stark County Historical Society, 1949. Ohio Department of Transportation: The Ohio Historic Bridge Inventory, Evaluation and Preservation Plan. Columbus: ODOT, 1983. Preservation Plan. Columbus: ODOT, 1990. Scribner, Harvey, ed. Memoirs of Lucas County and the City of Toledo. Vol. 1., Madison, WI: Western Historical Association. 1910. Simmons, David. "Logan County Bridge Offers Window to the Past." Ohio County Engineers News (Summer 1991). Simmons, David.

"Ohio Bridges from 1850 to 1950: Reflections of Society". The Old Northwest. Vol. 12 Simmons, David, Personal Communication. November, 1998. (Spring, 1986). Ohio. Boundary Justification Bibliography located .35 miles east of U.S. 24 and crosses over the Tiffin River in Noble Township, Defiance county, Dey Road Bridge The nominated property includes only the bridge of which measures 170 feet by 16feet. The bridge is Section number 9, 10 Page - Ohio Department of Transportation. The Second Ohio Historic Bridge Inventory, Evaluation and NW of Defiance, Defiance County Builder: Toledo Massillon UTM Coordinates-16/718900/4564070 Constructed: 1906 Structure File No. 2033739 The Pratt through truss has diagonals in tension and its verticals in compression, except for the hip verticals adjacent to the inclined end posts. this time, it has pin-connections.

This Pratt It was the most popular through truss built on centuries. This one span bridge extends 170 feet County bridge built in 1887 by the Motherwell abutments. The top chords and end posts are No. 6531342). composed of two channels, a top plate and SOURCE: The Second Ohio Historic Bridge Inventory, Evaluation and Preservation Plan. Columbus: ODOT, 1990. Bridge Company through truss was upgraded to the Selected Iron and Steel Bridge Company (Structure File Pratt through truss lacing.

Like many of the bridges built during Crosses Tiffin River County Route 42 lacing while the posts have two channels with category because of the loss of the Pickaway highways in the late 19th and early 20th and isl6 feet wide.It is set on concrete EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET NAME : DATE RECEIVED: N PDIL: N PERIOD: N PROGRAM UNAPPROVED: N COMMENT WAIVER: N ABSTRACT/SUMMARY COMMENTS: TELEPHONE RETURN 2/05/99 REJECT DISCIPLINE DATE MULTIPLE 1/08/99 2/22/99 REVIEWER RECOM./CRITERIA OTHER: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Bntered in the NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATE OF WEEKLY LIST: DATE OF 45TH DAY: DATE OF 16TH DAY: Metional Register REASONS FOR REVIEW: REQUEST: N STATE & COUNTY: OHIO, Defiance DOCUMENTATION see attached comments Y/N see attached SLR Y/N PROPERTY ACCEPT SAMPLE: Dey Road Bridge 1. DEY ROAD BRIDGE 2. DEFIANCE Co., 01 3, GAYLON L. DAVIS 5.

DEFIANCE COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE MAR. 1998 Processing Kodak PREMIUM LOOKING WEST 6. EAST é SOUTH SIDES OF BRIDGE 3. GAYLONL. DAVIS 4: MARCH, 1998 5. DEFIANCE CO. ENGINEER'S OFFICE 6. WEST É SOUTH SIDES OF BRIDGE LOOKING EAST 2.DEFIANCE CO., OH 1. DEY ROAD BRIDGE 2. DEFIANCE Co., OH 3. GAYLON L. DAVIS BOTTOM CHORDS E DIAGONALS MARCH,1998 1. DEY ROAD BRIDGE 2. DEFIANCE Co., OH 3. GAYLON L. DAVIS 5. DEFIANCE CO. ENGINFERS OFFICE 6, EYEBARS E PIN CONNECTIONS 1906 3. GAYLONL. DAVIS 5. DEFIANCE CO. ENGINEERS OFFICE 6. MANUFACTURER'S PLATE 2.DEFIANCE CO.,OH STATE OF OHIO DEFIANCE WEST, OHIO DEFIANCE WEST QUADRANGLE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DEY ROAD BRIDGE DEFIANCE VIC., PEFIANCE CO. OH UTM REFERENCES U.S. Route UNITED STATES ROAD CLASSIFICATION