Hogback Bridge
Encyclopedia
Hogback Bridge is a historic Pennsylvania (Petit) truss bridge
located in Curwensville
, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
, United States
. It was built in 1893 by the King Bridge Company
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1988.
Truss bridge
A truss bridge is a bridge composed of connected elements which may be stressed from tension, compression, or sometimes both in response to dynamic loads. Truss bridges are one of the oldest types of modern bridges...
located in Curwensville
Curwensville, Pennsylvania
Curwensville is a borough located in Clearfield County, Pennsylvaniain the United States of America, northwest of Altoona on the West Branch Susquehanna River. Coal mining, tanning, and the manufacture of fire bricks were the industries at the turn of the 20th century. In 1900, 1,937 people lived...
, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Clearfield County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 81,642.Clearfield County was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Huntingdon and Lycoming Counties but was administered as part of Centre County until 1812...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It was built in 1893 by the King Bridge Company
King Bridge Company
The King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company was a late-19th-century bridge building company located in Cleveland, Ohio. It was founded by Zenas King in 1858 and subsequently managed by his sons, James A. King and Harry W. King and then his grandson, Norman C. King, until the mid-1920s...
.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1988.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Clearfield County, PennsylvaniaNational Register of Historic Places listings in Clearfield County, PennsylvaniaThis is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States...