Motor convoy on a bridge cross Mississippi River and stuck trucks are pulled out ...HD Stock Footage CriticalPast |
The K-truss deck truss approach spans on this bridge seen in the photo on this page are not original. This link has a photo showing original Baltimore deck truss spans. http://iagenweb.org/clinton/history/1bridge.htm
The K-Truss truss configuration was invented by Phelps Johnson, president of the Dominion Bridge Company of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as part of the design effort for the second (existing) Quebec Bridge. Phelps was born in 1849 in the United States and worked for the Wrought Iron Bridge Company for a time.
For this reason, one would not expect to find a pre-1914 K-truss.
The Fulton Historical Society has a nicely written article on the original Fulton-Lyons/Clinton crossing that once carried the Lincoln highway across the Mississippi River.
http://www.cityoffulton.us/images/stories/pdf_files/lyons-fu...
The vintage photograph (#1) with the bridge title across the top right comes from a postcard that was given out at Conoco stations, possibly nearby.
The back reads on the bottom:
P.S. We are seeing all the sights traveling with a Conoco TOURAIDE. It's wonderful! Your Mileage Merchant at his Conoco Station will tell you how to get one.
I know this to be true as I have in my possession now said postcard.