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Side view

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Oblique view

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Portal

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Plaque

1895
Chicago Bridge Co.

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View from northwest

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View from southeast

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West portal

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Condemned notice

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Deck view looking east

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Deck view looking west

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East abutment

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East end

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East portal

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East span and mill

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Lower chord eyebar joint

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Main span

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Mill dam

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Overview from below

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Piers

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Plaque

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Portal bracing

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Second pony truss

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Top of tubuar piers

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Tubular piers

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Underneath deck truss

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Underneath portal

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Underneath

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West deck truss span

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Map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Sac River at Caplinger Mills
Location: Cedar County, Missouri
Status: Open to pedestrians only
Future prospects: Preserved
History: Built 1895 by the Chicago Bridge Co.
Builder: - Chicago Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design: From west to east:
One pin-connected, 3-panel Pratt deck truss
Two pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through trusses
One pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
One pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.79463, -93.80108 (decimal degrees)
37°47'41" N, 93°48'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/429471/4183331 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Caplinger Mills
Inventory number: BH 21201 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

August 18, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
August 12, 2008: Updated design description
July 29, 2005: Posted photos from Bob Estes

Sources

Bob Estes - bestes2000 [at] qwest [dot] net
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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