Photos
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Side view Photos taken July 2005 by Bob Estes |
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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 Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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View from southeast Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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West portal Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Condemned notice Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Deck view looking east Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Deck view looking west Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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East abutment Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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East end Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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East portal Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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East span and mill Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Lower chord eyebar joint Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Main span Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Mill dam Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Overview from below Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Piers Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Plaque Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Portal bracing Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Second pony truss Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Top of tubuar piers Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Tubular piers Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Underneath deck truss Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Underneath portal Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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Underneath Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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West deck truss span Photo taken by James Baughn in August 2008 |
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
Comments
What a thrill to see the old bridge; dam and grist mill site of my 4th Great Grandfather, Robert Williams and his sons Robert and John Garret Williams who built the original grist mill and dam at this location. Because of illness, they sold the grist mill to the Caplingers from Tennessee and it took on their name. The Williams/Caplinger Mill was burned during the Civil War and rebuilt. The site is on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri.