Dunlap's Creek Bridge
- Also Known As: First Cast Iron Bridge in America
- Vicinity: Spans Dunlap
Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
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Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
1839/00/00 | Richard Delafield | American Engineer | First Cast Iron Bridge in America, Dunlap's Creek Bridge, is erected to carry the National Road across Dunlap's Creek in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, 1836-1839. | Invention of Structural Iron |
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Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
Structure type | Bridge |
Build Material | Cast Iron |
Area of Significance | Engineering |
Criteria | Historic Event |
Area of Significance | Invention |
Level of Significance | National |
Historic Use | Road-related |
Owner | State |
Sight Category | Structure |
Area of Significance | Transportation |
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