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Town Lattice Truss, Iowa, Madison County, Hogback Covered Bridge (11,015e)

Ithiel Town patented a lattice truss design in 1820. The lattice design fastened simple, diagonally set planks with treenails, or wooden pins, into crisscrossing truss system secured by top and bottom chords.

 

* Rights were obtained for this photograph to be published in "Engineering Bridges Connecting the World” to be published by Tumblehome. The book was published in 2019.

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Town Lattice Truss, Iowa, Madison County, Hogback Covered Bridge (11,015e)

Ithiel Town patented a lattice truss design in 1820. The lattice design fastened simple, diagonally set planks with treenails, or wooden pins, into crisscrossing truss system secured by top and bottom chords.

 

* Rights were obtained for this photograph to be published in "Engineering Bridges Connecting the World” to be published by Tumblehome. The book was published in 2019.

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Uploaded on January 5, 2009
Taken on January 4, 2009
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