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Description of Photograph This is an 8x12 inch Reproduction Photograph made from a high quality scan of the original. When evaluating the quality of the photo, please keep in mind that most photos in our collection were taken over 100 years ago. Title: Field Street Bridge, Spanning Old Colony railroad, Brockton, Plymouth County, MA Creator(s): Historic American Engineering Record, creator Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1968 Data Page(s): 13 Photo Caption Page(s): 3 Notes: Significance: The Field Street Bridge is the best surviving example from an unusual group of at least six single-intersection Warren pony truss bridges built for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad in Brockton, Massachusetts between 1894 and 1896. All six were built as part of Brockton's landmark grade-crossing-elimination project of the 1890s; each bridge was marked by atypical, built-up box-section upper chords and end posts whose angles faced inward rather than outward. Although structurally more efficient (and visually less cluttered) than the standard box-section compression member with outward-facing angles, box-section members with inward-facing angles were more difficult to fabricate and were not commonly used as bridge upper chords in Massachusetts. The Field Street Bridge is the oldest known bridge in the Massachusetts Highway Department database to use this upper chord design. Survey number: HAER MA-136 Place: Massachusetts -- Plymouth County -- Brockton Latitude/Longitude: 42.08333, -71.01889 Bookmark /ma1584/ Bookmark:ma1584 Bookmark:ma1584 Size Approximately 8x12 inches. Note: Some images may have white bars on the sides or top if the original image does not conform to the 8x12 dimensions. Want to purchase the Original? The original is not for sale. Return Policy We are so confident in the quality we provide that we back every order with a money-back guarantee! This means if you are not satisfied, for ANY reason, a refund will be given.( No need to return the photo ) Quality This Photograph is a Archive Quality Reproduction created directly from the original photograph. Our laboratory uses premium FujiFilm Lustre Paper guaranteeing brighter colors, sharper whites, and prints that will last a lifetime. Shipping We have taken extra steps to ensure that your prints arrive to you safely and undamaged. We use extra thick, stay-flat envelopes to get your photos to you as quickly and as safely as possible. Source: Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.