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Three Newly Found Cowley County Stone Bridges

Crooked Creek Bridge

Partially with the aid of an old newspaper article, we recently discovered three more little-known stone arch bridges in Cowley County, Kansas.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesOctober 28, 2022October 28, 2022Posted inLocationsTags:Cowley, Quality of Construction

A Butler County Stone Culvert Find in Towanda Township

Fulton Road Culvert

In Towanda Township, Butler County, Kansas, we have found a well-built stone arch culvert with high concrete curbing added. This culvert is presently threatened by scour.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesOctober 21, 2022October 21, 2022Posted inLocationsTags:Butler, Design, scour

A Butler County Stone Bridge in Towanda

5th Street Towanda Culvert

We recently discovered a small stone arch bridge under the road on 5th Street in Towanda, Butler County, Kansas, with the aid of a newspaper reference.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesOctober 14, 2022October 21, 2022Posted inLocationsTags:Butler, Design

The Strength of a Mortarless Stone Bridge

Mortarless Stone Bridge

A mortarless stone arch bridge can be quite strong, as the secret to a successful stone bridge is to keep all the forces in compression as opposed to “gluing” the stones with mortar.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesOctober 7, 2022October 7, 2022Posted inConstructionTags:Design, Forces, Quality of Construction

A Partly Buried Little Walnut Township Stone Culvert

Teter Road Culvert

We recently discovered a partly-buried stone arch culvert in Butler County, Kansas, which provides some revealing insight on another stone arch culvert in the area.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesSeptember 30, 2022September 30, 2022Posted inLocationsTags:Butler, Design

James Kiser’s Culverts: Newly Found Butler Stone Culverts

Little Walnut/Logan Township Line SE120th Road Culvert (2)

In this post we investigate the history and builder of two stone arch culverts located in Butler County, Kansas near Leon on 120th Street that were recently found.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesSeptember 23, 2022September 23, 2022Posted inLocationsTags:Butler, Design, J. S. Kiser, Quality of Construction

Using Feathers and Wedges to Split Stone

Splitting Stone(3)

Feathers and wedges are simple-to-use and reliable tools that provide an easy means for obtaining reasonable slabs out of massive, irregularly shaped stones.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesSeptember 16, 2022September 17, 2022Posted inConstructionTags:Forces, Stones

A Summary of the Dexter Township Culverts

271st Road Plum Creek Branch Bridge

In this post we summarize and show the locations of the nine stone arch bridges we found in Cowley County which are not on the county’s stone bridge brochure.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesSeptember 9, 2022September 10, 2022Posted inLocationsTags:Cowley, Design, Quality of Construction

Two More Cowley Stone Culverts

281st Road Culvert

In this post we look into two more stone arch culverts found on Cowley County’s roads which are nevertheless not on the county’s stone arch bridge brochure.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesSeptember 2, 2022September 2, 2022Posted inLocationsTags:Cowley, Design

Four More Additions to the Cowley County Stone Bridge List

271st Road Culvert

As a result of some searching, we found four small stone arch bridges near Dexter, Cowley County, Kansas, which do not appear on the county’s stone bridge brochure.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesAugust 26, 2022August 26, 2022Posted inLocationsTags:Cowley, Quality of Construction, Stones

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