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Vincennes Bridge Company

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Cache River Bridge, 1988

The Vincennes Bridge Company, based in Vincennes, Indiana, was a designer and builder of bridges that was "one of Indiana's 'most successful bridge-building firms'".[1]: 12 

It was founded by three schoolteachers in 1898. The firm produced more than 1200 bridges per year by 1920.[1]: 12, 13  The firm reincorporated as Vincennes Steel Company in 1932.[2]: 5  The Vincennes Steel Company ceased to exist by 2006, when its assets were folded into Wabash Steel, Inc.[3]

A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[4][5]

Works include (attribution):

References

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  1. ^ a b "Historic Bridges of Arkansas".
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-13. Retrieved 2011-12-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Home". wabashsteel.biz.
  4. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  5. ^ Historic Bridges of Arkansas MPS

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