Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.

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Topeka Bridge & Iron Co. was a bridge company. Its works include many bridges that are now listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Its Canyon Diablo Bridge was a concrete Luten arch bridge built in 1914. Its , for another example, was built in 1914.[1]

A state of Arizona study asserts that "All of the concrete Luten arches identified in Arizona are associated directly-either through engineering or construction-with the [firm], the western representative of Indianapolis-based engineer Daniel B. Luten."[2]: 3  For the in Miami, Arizona, the town engineer built the bridge in 1921, and then four others exactly like it, from plans and specifications ordered from the Topeka Bridge & Iron Co. The Topeka Bridge & Iron firm "also sent moulds with which to cast the decorative concrete balusters for the guardrails."[2]: 3 

Works (attribution) include:

  • , built 1914, 0.5 mi. W of US 77 on Cty Rd. 260th. Approx 1 mi. NE of Antelope, Antelope, KS (Topeka Bridge and Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • Canyon Diablo Bridge, Abandoned grade of US 66 over Diablo Canyon, Winona, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Abandoned grade of US 66 over Padre Canyon, Flagstaff, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Cordova Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • Gila River Bridge, Old Safford Rd., 6.8 mi. SE of Clifton, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , 3 mi. N and 4 mi. W of Americus, KS (Topeka Bridge & Iron), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Abandoned grade of US 70 over the Little Colorado River, 4.2 mi. SE of Holbrook, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , 10 mi. S and 3.2 mi. W of Girard, KS (Topeka Bridge & Construction Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Inspiration Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Off US 69, Louisburg, KS (Topeka Bridge & Iron), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Keystone Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Off US 160 2.3 mi. W of Parsons, KS (Topeka Bridge & Iron), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Off KS 57 .5 mi. W and 1 mi. S of St. Paul, KS (Topeka Bridge & Construction), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , 0.5 mi. S of Auburn, KS (Topeka Bridge & Iron), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Miami Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Old US 77 over Mineral Creek, Kelvin, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Off US 160, 1 mi. E and 1.2 mi. S of Parsons, KS (Topeka Bridge & Iron), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Off KS 22 2 mi. W of Mound Valley, KS (Topeka Bridge & Iron), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Old Florence Hwy. over Queen Creek, Florence Junction, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Iron Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Reppy Ave. over Bloody Tanks Wash, Miami, AZ (Topeka Bridge & Arch Co.), NRHP-listed[1]
  • , Off KS 33 1 mi. S of Wellsville, KS (Topeka Bridge & Iron), NRHP-listed[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b Clayton B. Fraser (October 31, 2004). "State of Arizona Historic Bridge Inventory" (PDF).
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