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A Very Early Stone Arch Culvert in Butler County

Burdett & Weeks Mill

A very early stone arch culvert was built at El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas in 1882, associated with a long-gone mill.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesMay 28, 2021May 28, 2021Posted inHistoryTags:Butler

Progress in Butler County Stone Arch Bridge Building Part 2

Cave Spring Branch Turkey Creek Bridge

The last few years of stone arch bridge building in Butler County, Kansas, brought improvements in design which were unique even to the state.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesApril 30, 2021August 23, 2021Posted inHistoryTags:Buskirk, Butler, C. C. Jamison, Design

Progress in Butler County Stone Arch Bridge Building Part 1

SE Satchell Creek Road Rock Creek Bridge

The earliest stone arch bridges of Butler County Kansas had flaws, which led to a gradual evolution of the county’s stone arch bridge designs.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesApril 23, 2021June 15, 2021Posted inHistoryTags:Butler, scour, waterway, Whitewater

Cowley Grouse Creek Stone Arch Bridges Part 5: The Location of the Grouse Creek Stone Arch Bridges

Pudden Bridge

A map showing where all the stone arch bridges built on Grouse Creek, Cowley County, Kansas, were located, coupled with a list of references for each.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesMarch 12, 2021March 22, 2021Posted inHistoryTags:Cowley, Grouse Creek

Cowley’s Grouse Creek Stone Arch Bridges Part 4: The Later Years

Main Arch Fromm Bridge

Even with stone obsolete, Cowley county, Kansas, still built a few stone bridges over Grouse Creek, though complications with state laws soon ensued.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesMarch 5, 2021March 27, 2021Posted inHistoryTags:Cowley, Grouse Creek, Walter Sharp

Cowley’s Grouse Creek Stone Arch Bridges Part 3: The Three Bridges of Silverdale

The FIrst Grouse Creek Crossing South of Silverdale

The three bridges of Silverdale, Cowley County, Kansas, were once stone arch bridges important to the community, and carried the road to Oklahoma.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesFebruary 26, 2021July 14, 2022Posted inHistoryTags:Abe Matheney, Cowley, Grouse Creek, Walter Sharp

Cowley’s Grouse Creek Stone Arch Bridges Part 2: The Legacy

Neer Bridge

Cowley County, Kansas built numerous stone arch bridges over Grouse Creek, which were particularly suited to and popular in the area.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesFebruary 19, 2021March 22, 2021Posted inHistoryTags:Cowley, Esch's Spur Bridge, Grouse Creek, Walter Sharp

Cowley’s Grouse Creek Stone Arch Bridges Part 1: Firsts and Records

Goodnight Bridge Ruins

Cowley County, Kansas several daring-span stone arch bridges over the Grouse Creek which set records for the entire state.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesFebruary 12, 2021March 9, 2021Posted inHistoryTags:Cowley, Grouse Creek, Walter Sharp

The Stone Arch Culvert Days of Butler County, Kansas

115th Whitewater River Bridge

Beginning in the late 1800s, stone arch culverts and their construction became popular with the people and townships of Butler County, Kansas.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesJanuary 19, 2021September 6, 2022Posted inHistoryTags:Builders, Butler

Kansas’s Stone Arch Bridge Tradition — Part 2

Diller Bridge

The second phase of the state of Kansas’s stone arch bridge era was marked by a slow but steady trend to concrete until the WPA days.

Posted byStoneArchBridgesNovember 17, 2020July 29, 2021Posted inHistoryTags:Butler, C. C. Jamison, Foundations, Kansas, Longest Spans, Walter Sharp

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