Category: History
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Walter Sharp’s Story About Bridges Part 2
Walter Sharp wrote a series about Cowley’s bridges called “A Story About Bridges.” In this second article Walter Sharp honors Cowley county commissioner William Huston.
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Walter Sharp’s Story About Bridges Part 1
Walter Sharp wrote a series about Cowley’s bridges called “A Story About Bridges.” In this first article the process Cowley used to decide how and where to build is described.
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Building Cowley’s Stone Bridges: Walter Sharp’s Articles Part 3
In this post, we quote part of an article written by Walter Sharp in 1922, in which he describes how the Cowley County stone arch bridges were constructed.
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Building Cowley’s Stone Bridges: Walter Sharp’s Articles Part 2
In this post we quote a 1911 article by Walter Sharp, in which he descibes the struggles Cowley County, Kansas, faced when the county first began building stone arch bridges.
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Building Cowley’s Stone Bridges: Walter Sharp’s Articles Part 1
In this post, we quote an account written in 1920 by Walter Sharp about how several Kansas counties, including Butler and Cowley counties, began building stone arch bridges.
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Cowley Stone Bridge Designs: Records
Cowley County, Kansas, rose to fame throughout the state for the county’s record-size bridges. The Dunkard Mill, Goodnight, McCaw, and H. Branson bridges all set state records.
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Cowley Stone Bridge Designs: Innovation
Based on Daniel B. Luten’s concrete bridge designs, Cowley built the innovative Esch’s Spur Bridge. Later, the Neer Bridge was erected, which is an engineering masterpiece.
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Cowley Stone Bridge Designs: How it Began
Cowley County, Kansas, was innovative in stone arch bridge construction. Initially learning from and copying Butler County’s stone bridges, Cowley began to build daring structures.
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Some Numbers on Butler County’s Stone Bridges
In this post we investigate in detail various statistics of the stone arch bridges of Butler County, Kansas, to give a clearer idea of what factors play into which bridges remain today.
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