Pott's Ford Bridge
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Pott's Ford Bridge is a bridge
1/2 mile south of Glasco, Kansas, USA
http://www.kshs.org/resource/nrak.htm that spans West Creek in Cloud County, Kansas
. It has a wooden deck with a bowstring pony truss
. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/KS/Cloud/state.html. It was built in 1884 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company
of Canton, Ohio
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Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
1/2 mile south of Glasco, Kansas, USA
Glasco, Kansas
Glasco is a city in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 498.-History:The land that now makes up Glasco was part of a land grant from the U.S. Government to Isaac Biggs, one of the earliest pioneers. Glasco was originally incorporated as "The Dell...
http://www.kshs.org/resource/nrak.htm that spans West Creek in Cloud County, Kansas
Cloud County, Kansas
Cloud County is a county located in North Central Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 9,533. Its county seat and most populous city is Concordia.-19th century:...
. It has a wooden deck with a bowstring pony truss
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...
. The bridge is 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...
http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/KS/Cloud/state.html. It was built in 1884 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company
Wrought Iron Bridge Company
The Wrought Iron Bridge Company was a bridge fabrication and construction company based in Canton, Ohio. It specialized, as the name would suggest, in the fabrication of iron truss bridges and was a prolific bridge builder in the late 19th century...
of Canton, Ohio
Canton, Ohio
Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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