Bowstring Arch Bridge at Bridgeport
- Containers:
- Box 121
- Scope and content:
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Kemp consulted on the restoration of the Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge in Bridgeport, West Virginia. This box includes facsimiles of the following: photographs, maps, pamphlets and book excerpts. Also includes original photographs, correspondence, invoices, building specifications, and clippings. Subjects include the repair and refurbishment of the Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge, the Concrete Steel Bridge Company, Frank Duff McEnteer, P.M. Harrison, Carl E. Furbee, Betty Furbee and Bridgeport, WV. Correspondents include Emory Kemp, M.E.C. Construction and Don Burton of the City of Bridgeport Parks & Recreation Department. Highlights include a Sikatop rock sample, a HAER report for the Bridgeport Lamp Chimney Company Bowstring Concrete Arch Bridge and an NRHP report for the same bridge. The following oversized items were moved to Box 342: 5 engineering drawings (1973 and undated), 3 facsimile manual excerpts (undated).
Access and use
- Location of collection:
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West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia UniversityP.O. Box 60691549 University AvenueMorgantown, WV 26506
- Contact for questions and access:
- POC: Lori HostuttlerEmail: lori.hostuttler@mail.wvu.eduPhone: (304) 293-3536Web: wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu
- Parent restrictions:
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All or part of this collection is stored offsite. Please make an appointment prior to visiting.
Researchers may access digitized and born digital materials by visiting the link attached to each item or by requesting to view the materials in person by appointment or remotely by contacting the West Virginia Regional History Center reference department at https://westvirginia.libanswers.com/wvrhc.
- Parent terms of access:
- Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.