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United States historic place


Pott's Ford Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places



Location	1 mile west and 1 mile north of the intersection of F.A.S 135 and 1043 on unmarked countv road, in or near Glasco, Kansas
Coordinates	39°21′0.8″N 97°51′14.69″W / 39.350222°N 97.8540806°W / 39.350222; -97.8540806
Built	1884
Architect	Wrought Iron Bridge Company
MPS	Metal Truss Bridges in Kansas 1861-1939 MPS
NRHP reference No.	89002173
Added to NRHP	January 4, 1990

Pott's Ford Bridge is a bridge 1/2 mile south of Glasco, Kansas, USA that spans the Solomon River in Cloud County, Kansas. It has a wooden deck with three bowstring pony trusses and one Pratt pony truss. The lengths of the trusses are 48 feet (15 m), 46 feet (14 m), and 149 feet (45 m) for the bowstring trusses, and 72 feet (22 m) for the Pratt truss. It was built in 1884 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio.

References

Historic Bridges of the United States (with photos and map) http://bridgehunter.com/ks/cloud/potts-ford/
Cloud County Road and Bridge Department http://www.cloudcountyks.org/MV2Base.asp?VarCN=5

v t e Cloud County, Kansas history
Locations	Bankers Loan and Trust Brown Grand Camp Concordia Van De Mark House County Line Bowstring Glasco Downtown Historical Museum Miltonvale College Nazareth Convent Pott's Ford Bridge Republican River Pegram Truss UP Railroad Depot Veterans Memorial
People	Charles H. Blosser Napoleon Bonaparte Brown Henry Buckingham Frank Carlson Boston Corbett May Louise Cowles John Francis Cunningham James Manney Hagaman Pop Hollinger Ernest C. Quigley
Organizations	Concordia Normal School Great Western Business and Normal College Miltonvale Wesleyan College Roman Catholic Diocese of Concordia, Kansas Unified School District #333

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