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Central Massachusetts Railroad, Linden Street Bridge, Spanning Linden Street, Waltham

Central Massachusetts Railroad, Linden Street Bridge, Spanning Linden Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA. Surveyed as HAER MASS,9-WALTH,5A-, with 1 photograph and a 158-word written history.

From the record

“This lattice truss bridge was built for the Central Massachusetts Railroad in The bridge is typical of nineteenth century metal truss bridges which were built for the railroads.”

Written record, HAER MASS,9-WALTH,5A- survey. Machine-read text.

surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER MASS,9-WALTH,5A- · the record runs 158 words · one of 333 surveyed structures published for this county.

Sources: the survey record at the Library of Congress

Central Massachusetts Railroad, Linden Street Bridge, Spanning Linden Street, Waltham, Middlesex County, MA, photograph filed with the federal survey

1 photograph from the federal survey record, Library of Congress.

Significance

93 words

The headings the report itself prints. Each one jumps to where it begins.

Source document Quoted word for word from HAER MASS,9-WALTH,5A-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.

This lattice truss bridge was built for the Central Massachusetts Railroad in The bridge is typical of nineteenth century metal truss bridges which were built for the railroads. The Linden Street Bridge has a clear span of 92 feet between granite abutments, and is almost 20 feet above the road surface. Transmitted by: Monica E. Hawley, Historian, ADDENDUM TO HAER No. MA-46-,:;t~ CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS RAILROAD,

Linden Street Bridge

Spanning Linden Street Waltham Middlesex County Massachusetts XEROGRAPHIC COPIES OF COLOR TRANSPARENCIES HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior Washington,

In context

Waltham, Massachusetts The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town.
Middlesex County, Massachusetts 449 topographic sheets across the county.
Library of Congress record The original filed report, and the sheets the survey produced. Those published here appear above.

Also surveyed in Waltham

7 records

The federal surveyors worked through Waltham building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.

SheetStructure SurveyReport
Boston Manufacturing Company, photograph filed with the federal surveyBoston Manufacturing CompanyHAER MASS,9-WALTH,4-4,279 words
Governor Christopher Gore MansionHABS MASS,9-WALTH,2-418 words
Waltham Watch Company, photograph filed with the federal surveyWaltham Watch CompanyHAER MASS,9-WALTH,6-119 words
Governor Christopher Gore Place, photograph filed with the federal surveyGovernor Christopher Gore PlaceHABS MASS,9-WALTH,2A-38 words
The Vale, photograph filed with the federal surveyThe ValeHABS MASS,9-WALTH,1-38 words
Governor Christopher Gore Coach House & Stable, photograph filed with the federal surveyGovernor Christopher Gore Coach House & StableHABS MASS,9-WALTH,7-33 words
Stone Mill, photograph filed with the federal surveyStone MillHABS MASS,9-WALTH,3-29 words

Provenance

  • Written history. Quoted verbatim from HAER MASS,9-WALTH,5A-. United States federal work, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Text capture. Machine-read from the scanned typescript filed with the survey, so spelling and spacing follow the original page.
  • How this page is made. Documentary passages are quoted from linked records; page labels and counts are clearly marked as presentation or calculations.