GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE - Bedford County Bridge No. 32, Schellsburg Street (Township Route 350) spanning Little Wills Creek, Hyndman, Bedford County, PA
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Lowe, Jet, creator
Title
GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE - Bedford County Bridge No. 32, Schellsburg Street (Township Route 350) spanning Little Wills Creek, Hyndman, Bedford County, PA
Description
Columbia Bridge Works; Morrison, D H; Morrison, C C; America's Industrial Heritage Project (AIHP), sponsor; Madrid, transmitter; Will, Elaine J, historian; Lowe, Jet, photographer
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Significance: This wrought-iron Pratt through truss is typical of iron truss spans of the 1870s and 1880s, prior to the ascendancy of all-steel constructed bridges. The Hyndman Iron Bridge is one of the oldest surviving metal truss bridges in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Survey number: HAER PA-357
Building/structure dates: 1882 Initial Construction