View, Randolph Bridge No. 52, Randolph County, North Carolina
Randolph Bridge No. 52 (Randolph County, N.C.)
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Item information
- Title:
- View, Randolph Bridge No. 52, Randolph County, North Carolina
- Topics:
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Architecture
- Subjects:
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Covered bridges
- Original Format:
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Black and white print (photograph)
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in.
- Item identifier:
- bh0130p01
- Created Date:
- circa
- Genre:
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Architectural photographs
- Location:
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Randolph 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: Randolph Bridge No. 52 (Randolph County, North Carolina)
- Built:
- Community:
- Randolph County
- State:
- North Carolina
- Provenance note:
- State of North Carolina, first owner; North Carolina Highway Commission, mid-twentieth century owner.
- Architectural note:
- The bridge is constructed from granite native to the site, and from yellow pine. The delineator indicates that the structure was based on a design produced by Ithiel Town, and constructed by Hezekiah Alexander. The bridge received bracing cables in the mid-twentieth century to provide support.
- Historical note:
- At the time of the drawings, the bridge was one of two remaining covered bridges in North Carolina.
- General note:
- Description Note: All information on the bridge comes from the delineator's research notes.
- Location:
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Randolph County (N.C.)
- Subjects:
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Covered bridges
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