File:NORTH PORTAL - Harpole Bridge, Spanning Palouse River, 1 mile from County Route 4400, Colfax, Whitman County, WA HAER WASH,38-COLF.V,1-7.tif

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NORTH PORTAL - Harpole Bridge, Spanning Palouse River, 1 mile from County Route 4400, Colfax, Whitman County, WA
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Lowe, Jet, creator
Title
NORTH PORTAL - Harpole Bridge, Spanning Palouse River, 1 mile from County Route 4400, Colfax, Whitman County, WA
Description
Great Northern Railway; Lowe, Ruth; Spokane and Inland Empire Railway
Depicted place Washington; Whitman County; Colfax
Date 1993
date QS:P571,+1993-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER WASH,38-COLF.V,1-7
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  • Significance: A rare example of a wooden boxed-in Howe Truss bridge. The Great Northern Railway acquired the Spokane and Inland Empire Railway and had the bridge built according to a general plan (Great Northern Railway Plan No. 115-1562). The plan specified a 150' span, and three additional bridges of the same type were constructed along the line, which was a 37 mile branch line from Spring Valley, Washington, to Colfax, Washington. Previously used as an electric interurban railway by the Spokane and Inland Empire Railway, this spur line was upgraded to a steam line for freight use, hence the need for the heavy-timbered bridges. The Harpole Bridge is the only extant structure of its type in the State of Washington, and perhaps one of few remaining in the country.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N192
  • Survey number: HAER WA-133
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1922 Initial Construction
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1928 Subsequent Work
  • Building/structure dates: ca. 1967 Subsequent Work
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/wa0614.photos.371080p
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