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Kokosing River Bridge
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1879 CBW business card
As I have yet to find any detail about this bridge besides Columbia Bridge Works being the builder, its approximate location, its 83' length, its superstructure bid of $1,162 and the June 3 Let date, I'll place this 1879 postmarked business card as a placeholder.
Photo uploaded by Art S.
BH Photo #463307
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bridge over Kokosing River
- Location
- Fredricktown, Knox County, Ohio
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Let June 3, 1879 for $14 per foot for the superstructure
- Builder
- - Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 83.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.46977, -82.57427 (decimal degrees)
40°28'11" N, 82°34'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/366543/4481089 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 87629 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Comments
Wayne twp., Knox Co. near Fredricktown
Hi Nathan,
I think it was a stamp auction. The postmark and stamp apparently were identified as 1879 (not by me). I don't recall what is on the other one.
Happy New Year!
Art S.
Wayne twp., Knox Co. near Fredricktown
Art, what is the source of this material, I don't recall seeing this historical business card online before.
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Nathan,
I took a look at mine. I think it has always been yellow. It's actually an envelope, not a business or post card although about the size of one. The vertical writing says: "RETURN IF NOT CALLED FOR WITHIN TEN DAYS" so I'm guessing it's for some sort of preliminary response to a published request for proposals. If so, it contained a card with the company name on the front and a table with a series of blanks for outlining the RFP specification details (I have one of those cards FOR WIBCo. but not CBW). My CBW envelope is empty.
Regards,
Art S.