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qe tiite.. WORKIN’ BRIDGES 4142 Holt Road Halt AL 48842 641.260.1262 Springfield Bridge NSRGA Baard of Directors Laran Bowers President ‘Angie Thompson Rauch ‘Vice President Jaydine Good Treasurer Secretary Julle Bowers Executive Director Steve Rauch ‘Anna Suthertand The North Skunk River Greenbelt Association NSRGA 501 (c)3 -27-1752125 January 4, 2010 Workin’ Bridges is a legal Trademark of NSRGA- January 2014 POB 332, Grinnell, 1A 50112 641.260.1262 Presented By: Workin’ Bridges oc WORKIN BRIDGES 4142 Holt Road Halt AL 48842 641.260.1262 Clarke, Reeves & Company NSRGA Baard of Directors Diane Rath President Josh Sadler Vice President Jaydine Good Treasurer Secretary Julle Bowers Executive Director Scatt Allen Daris Park The North Skunk River Greenbelt Association NSRGA 501 (c)3 -27-1752125 January 4, 2010 Workin’ Bridges is a legal Trademark of NSRGA- January 2014 POB 332, Grinnell, 1A 50112 641.260.1262 David Reeves Samuel Reeves Thomas C. Clarke Adolphus Bonzano Origin: Early 1800s, French Creek Nail Works which later became the Phoenix Iron Works of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. In 1868 David Reeves recruited noted bridge engineers Thomas C. Clarke and Adolphus Bonzano to establish a bridge design/construction firm that would offer bridges made from Phoenix Iron. This was called Clarke, Reeves, and Company. WORKIN’ BRIDGES Phoenix Columns 4142 Holt Road Halt AL 48842 641.260.1262 NSRGA Baard of Directors ‘ooh sean, Diane Rath President Josh Sadler Vice President Jaydine Good Treasurer Secretary Julle Bowers Executive Director Scatt Allen Daris Park The North Skunk River Greenbelt Association NSRGA 501 (c)3 -27-1752125 January 4, 2010 Workin’ Bridges is a legal Trademark of NSRGA- January 2014 POB 332, Grinnell, 1A 50112 641.260.1262 Invented and patented in 1862 by Samuel Reeves as a wrought iron altemmative to the cast iron compression columns that were used in buildings and bridges at the time. qe tiite.. WNDU TN RDINEES Dh anannivu Caliimne TEURUNEN TNE PIVEMIA CULUTTTIS 4142 Holt Road Halt AL 48842 641.260.1262 NSRGA Baard of Directors Diane Rath President Josh Sadler Vice President Jaydine Good Treasurer { Secretary Julle Bowers Executive Director Scatt Allen Daris Park The North Skunk River Greenbelt Association NSRGA 501 (c)3 -27-1752125 January 4, 2010 Workin’ Bridges is a legal Trademark of NSRGA- January 2014 POB 332, Grinnell, 1A 50112 641.260.1262 Mie 9 Dimensions x {atumne They consist of rolled segments that are riveted together. A wide variety of sizes and configurations were available. ao, . WORKIN’ BRIDGES Phoenix Columns 4142 Holt Road Halt AL 48842 641.260.1262 NSRGA Baard of Directors Diane Rath President Josh Sadler Vice President Jaydine Good Treasurer Secretary Julle Bowers Executive Director Scatt Allen Daris Park The North Skunk River Greenbelt Association NSRGA 5O1 (c)3-27-1752125 January 4, 2010 Workin’ Bridges is a legal Trademark of NSRGA- January 2014 POB 332, Grinnell, 1A 50112 641.260.1262 INTERIOR OF MACHINE suor, The Phoenix Column as manufactured by the Phoenix Iron Company became the signature detail of bridges built by Clarke, Reeves, and Company. WORKIN’ BRIDGES Phoenix Columns 4142 Holt Road Halt MAL 48842 641.260.1262 NSRGA Baard of Directors Diane Rath President Josh Sadler Vice President Jaydine Good Treasurer Secretary Julle Bowers Executive Director Scatt Allen Daris Park The North Skunk River Greenbelt Association NSRGA 501 (c)3 -27-1752125 January 4, 2010 Workin’ Bridges is a legal Trademark of NSRGA- January 2014 POB 332, Grinnell, 1A 50112 641.260.1262 ie eee Today, Phoenix Columns and bridges which use them are historically significant: They represent rare surviving examples of a patented column from the period where engineers were experimenting and inventing new ways to work with wrought iron. WORKIN’ BRIDGES 4142 Holt Road Halt AL 48842 Phoenix Columns vs Traditional Built-up Beams NSRGA Baard of Directors Diane Rath President Josh Sadler Vice President Jaydine Good Treasurer Secretary Julle Bowers Executive Director Scatt Allen Daris Park The North Skunk River Greenbelt Association NSRGA 5O1 (c)3-27-1752125 January 4, 2010 Workin’ Bridges is a legal Trademark of NSRGA- January 2014 POB 332, Grinnell, 1A 50112 641.260.1262 Phoenix Columns (and other patented brands of column) fell from favor by the 20% Century. Built-up beams riveted together from simple, common types of rolled iron/steel (angle, channel, bar, and plate) performed the same function cost-effectively and were not patented. Worxgamges | Phoenix Bridge Company 4142 Holt Road Halt AL 48842 641.260.1262 NSRGA Baard of Directors Diane Rath President Josh Sadler Vice President Jaydine Good Treasurer Secretary Julle Bowers Executive Director Scatt Allen Daris Park The North Skunk River Greenbelt Association NSRGA 5O1 (c)3-27-1752125 January 4, 2010 Workin’ Bridges is a legal Trademark of NSRGA- Jamar, BOE 334 rine, 1 50882 641 260.1262 DAVID REVO, Prenat, ras Vise Presinat & Gbied Badinwwe AM H. REE 5 twara! aerate de PHONIXVILLE BRIDGE WORES. PHGRNTX BEIDGE-CO i a RN kh ENGINEERS AND BUILDERS OF IRON BRIDGES, VIADUCTS, ROOFS, TURN-TABLES, Etc. sprotanrn To better establish a bridge-building brand, the Phoenix [ron ‘Company changed the name of Clarke, Reeves, and Company to the Phoenix Bridge Company in 1884. Pera - WORKIN BRIDGES 4142 Holt Road Halt AL 48842 641.260.1262 Hayden Bridge NoKOA Baard of Directors Diane Rath President Josh Sadler Vice President Jaydine Good Treasurer Executive Director Scott allen Daris Park The North Skunk River Greenbelt Association NSRGA 5O1 (c)3-27-1752125 January 4, 2010 Workin’ Bridges is a legal Trademark of NSRGA- January 2014 POB 332, Grinnell, 1A 50112 641.260.1262 Originally erected in 1882 at Corrine, Utah as a replacement for an original timber bridge over Bear Creek. This was the Transcontinental Railroad line. The 1882 bridge was replaced by a new bridge in 1901, with the 1882 bridge being relocated and reused over the McKenzie River for the Mohawk Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad in Oregon. 4142 Holt Road Halt AL 48842 641.260.1262 Hayden Bridge NSRGA Baard of Directors --

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