Partial framing plan and construction detail, Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, Catawba County, North Carolina
Bunker Hill Covered Bridge (Catawba County, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- Partial framing plan and construction detail, Bunker Hill Covered Bridge, Catawba County, North Carolina
- Description:
- 4 of 10
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Covered bridges
- Original Format:
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Measured drawing
- Extent:
- scale: 3/8 in. = 1 ft., 3/16 in. = 1 ft.; 483mm x 610mm
- Item identifier:
- bh024104704
- Delineator:
- Thompson, L. Rockett more info on Thompson, L. Rockett
- Created Date:
- Genre:
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Architectural drawings
Detail drawings
Framing plans
Partial plans
- Location:
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Catawba County (N.C.)
- Digital Project:
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Built Heritage
Source information
- Repository:
- Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Collection:
- Historic Architecture Research. Project Records (UA110.041) held by Special Collections Research Center at NC State University Libraries
- Note field:
- Not all materials from the physical collection may have been scanned. Images may have been enhanced for web access.
- Rights:
- For questions regarding copyright or permissions, please refer to our Reproduction, Use, Citation, and Copyright page (http://d.lib.ncsu.edu/collections/about).
- Funding:
- Digitization of this image was partially supported with federal Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
Building: Bunker Hill Covered Bridge (Catawba County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Community:
- Catawba County
- State:
- North Carolina
- Architectural note:
- The bridge originally had an open span, but the roof and walls were added around 1900.
- Historical note:
- The bridge is one of only two covered bridges left in the state, and possibly the last wooden bridge in the United States with Haupt truss construction. The bridge is a National Civil Engineering Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
- Location:
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Catawba County (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Covered bridges
Historic sites
National Civil Engineering Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
Wooden bridges
