Oakgrove Road Bridge, Township Road 42 Spanning Little Miami River, Dodsonville, Highland County, OH. Surveyed as HAER OHIO,36-DODVI.V,1-, with 1 photograph and a 294-word written history.
“The Oakgrove Road Bridge is a bowstring arch truss bridge.”
Written record, HAER OHIO,36-DODVI.V,1- survey. Machine-read text.
surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER OHIO,36-DODVI.V,1- · the record runs 294 words · one of 2 surveyed structures published for this county.
1 photograph from the federal survey record, Library of Congress.
Source document Quoted word for word from HAER OHIO,36-DODVI.V,1-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
The Oakgrove Road Bridge is a bowstring arch truss bridge. Such bridges were popular in the nineteenthth century, especially in Ohio. This is an example of "Column Plate and Channel Arch Bridge" based on patents by David Hammond, Michael Adler and Job Abbott, and built by their company, the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton Ohio.
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The Ohio Cast- and Wrought-Iron Bridges Project was cosponsored by HAER, Dr. Robert J. Kapsch Chief; the Instute for the History of Technology and Industrial Archaeology, Dr. Emory L. Kemp, Director; the Ohio Historical Society, Gary Ness, Director and David Simmons, Historic Bridge Specialist; and the Department of Architecture, Ohio State University, Jose Obrerie, Chairman. Wm. Michael Lawrence, Historian Source: Ohio Department of Transportation. The Ohio Historic Bridge Inventory, Evaluation, and Preservation Plan. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Transportation, 38. ADDENDUM TO HAER No. OH-96 OAKGROVE ROAD BRIDGE Cast and Wrought Iron Bridges Project Township Road 42 Spanning Little Miami River Y> Dodsonville Vicinity /-, w.; , _-, s Highland County " ' ' !
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| Dodsonville, Ohio | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Highland County, Ohio | 64 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report, and the sheets the survey produced. Those published here appear above. |
The federal survey recorded these other structures elsewhere in Highland County. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Octagonal Schoolhouse | HABS OHIO,36-SINSP,1- | 32 words |
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