B-34

Lombard Street Bridge, (Bollman Truss, Bollman Water-main

Truss, Bollman Water Pipe Truss)

Architectural Survey File

This is the architectural survey file for this MIHP record. The survey file is organized reverse-

chronological (that is, with the latest material on top). It contains all MIHP inventory forms, National

Register nomination forms, determinations of eligibility (DOE) forms, and accompanying documentation

such as photographs and maps.

Users should be aware that additional undigitized material about this property may be found in on-site

architectural reports, copies of HABS/HAER or other documentation, drawings, and the “vertical files” at

the MHT Library in Crownsville. The vertical files may include newspaper clippings, field notes, draft

versions of forms and architectural reports, photographs, maps, and drawings. Researchers who need a

thorough understanding of this property should plan to visit the MHT Library as part of their research

project; look at the MHT web site (mht.maryland.gov) for details about how to make an appointment.

All material is property of the Maryland Historical Trust.

Last Updated: 03-10-2011

form No 10·300 (Rev. 10-74)

. . . UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF IIlSTORIC PLACES INVENTORY -- NOMINATION FORM

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0 NAME HISTORIC

Bollman Truss. Bollman Water-main Truss. Bollman Water Pipe Truss ANO/OR COMMON

Lombard Street Bridge (Pref erred}

E)LOCATION STREET & NUMBER

Dickevville Over Gwynns Falls leading from Wetheredsville to_NoTFoAPueuCAT10N CITY. TOWN

Baltimore _ VICINITY OF

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

6 COUNTY CODE STATE

Mar¥Jand CODE

24 Baltimore Citv 510

IE'lJCLASSIFICATION

CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS PRESENT USE _DISTRICT .X-PUBLIC _OCCUPIED -AGRICULTURE _ MUSEUM

_BUILDINGIS) _PRIVATE -UNOCCUPIED X.COMMERCIAL' _PARK

..XSTRUCTURE _BOTH .X-WORK IN PROGRESS _EDUCATIONAL -PRIVATE RESIDENCE

_SITE PUBLIC ACQUISITION ACCESSIBLE _ENTERTAINMENT _RELIGIOUS

_OBJECT _IN PROCESS ~YES: RESTRICTED _x-GOVERNMENT :..:.sclENTIFIC

_BEING CONSIDERED _YES: UNRESTRICTED )f-INDUSTRIAL X. TRANSPORTATION

_ NO _MILITARY _OTHER:

fmOWNER OF PROPERTY NAME

State of .Maryland, .Maryland H.istorical Trust STREET & NUMBER

21 Sta.te Cil;'cle CITY. TOWN

}\nna,polis - VICINITY Of

fm)LOCATION OF LEGAL DESCRIPTION COURTHOUSE. REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC. Balti.n)o~e City Courthouse STREET & NUMBER

St. Paul and Fayette Streets CITY. TOWN

Ba.ltimore

l!IREPRESENTATION IN EXISTING SURVEYS TITLE

DATE

STATE

Maryland

STATE

Maryland

_FEDERAL -STATE _COUNTY __LOCAL

DEPOSITORY FOR

SURVEY RECORDS

CITY.TOWN STATE

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-ALTERED ~MOVED DATE 7/74 ;1975

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (IF KNOWN) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

The Lombard Street Bridge, which formerly carried Lombard Street oyer the Jones Falls stream in Baltimore City, is located over Gwynns Falls between Dickey Mill to the west and Wetheredsville Road on the east.

The Lombard Street Bridge is an 88 foot cast-iron span designed in 1877 by the engineer Wendel Bollman (1814-1884). The bridge con­sists of three lines of trusses, two outer trusses of composite cast and wrought iron of diagonal Pratt-type . The center composite bowstring truss has a Pratt-system web. Both chords are cast-iron water mains bifurcated at each end bearing at which point there is a cast-iron p~st and wrought-iron tie.

The Lombard Street Bridge was moved because it could no longer handle the heavy volume of traffic on Lombard Street, one of the prin­cipal east-west streets in Baltimore. Moving the bridge was the only way to save the structu~e from total demolition. Because of the unique character of this particular bridge, the City of Baltimore, the State of Maryland, the owners of the Dickey Mill, the Smithsonian Institution, the Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, and the Dickeyville citizens have joined forces to secure its future.

The new site of the Lombard Street Bridge consists ot a 19th centu~y industrial complex constructed on a level, open space bounded on the west by a steep grade, on the east by the Gwynns Falls, and be­yond the stream by Wetheredsville Road. The Mill is.not ~isible ~o.th residential section of Dickeyville, therefore the bridge is not visibl~ to the residents of Dickeyville . The Mill area: has , since the 18th century , been industrial . . .

Since hurricane Agnes no access ·has existed to the Mill . Without access to the Mill any propsed adaptive use of the

structure cannot be economically viable. The Mill is the key factor in the historic justification for. the existence of Dickeyville.

The erection of the Lombard Street Bridge over Gwynns Falls at the Dickey Mill solves two preservati~n problem~ by provid~ng a vi~ble adaptive use for two importan~ historic properties . Adaptive use is essential to the viability of preservation: as a whole.

Robert Vogel, Chairman, Department of Science ~nd Te~hnology~ . The National Museum of History and Technology, The Smithsonian Institution . agreed to be a consultant .on the reerection.

I] MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES

Vogel, Robert M., "The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman," Paper 36, United States National Museum Bulletin 240.: Contrj.bu­·'f:i.on·s ·:fram the .Museum of History and Tecli.Iiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, .D. C. 1964.

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LIST ALL STATES AND COUNTIES FOR PROPERTIES OVERLAPPING STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARIES

STATE CODE COUNTY CODE

STATE CODE COUNTY CODE

NAME / TITLE

Nancy Miller. Historian ORGANIZATION DATE

Maryland Historical Trust December 1974 STREET & NUMBER TELEPHOlllE

21 State Circle, The Shaw House 301-267-1438 CITY OR TOWN STATE

Annaoolis, Maryland

IESTATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER CERTIFICATION THE EVALUATED SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS PROPERTY WITHIN THE STATE IS:

NATIONALX-- STATE __ LOCAL __

As the designated State Historic Preservation Officer for the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665). I

hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the

criteria and pro~edures set forth by the National Park Service.

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER SIGNATURE

TITLE Acting State Historic Preservation Officer DATE Jul 3 1975 f.OR NPS\J~E ONLV :f.>;;y:'._,:1~··'::·: .. , .. ~:>>·,,:, . · · ->, -.·-, .,,: ... " . .. _:,,.. · '· ..... ·.·,:· .... ' .. , ··" · y,. ;·-r -~ . i .4·. • . · · ).'

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STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE

Robert M. Vogel of the Smithsonian Institution and of the Society for I ndustrial Archaeology declares the Lombard Street Bridge as the only bridge of its kind in existence. It is a unique ,· bi- · furcated water-main form which is an integral part in the support sys­tem for the bridge. Other water-main bridges are ·constructed through the use of the arch rather than the truss .

Wendel Bollman, a self-taught engineer, invented the Bollman trus~ (18521 which became one of .the most outstanding advances in nineteenth­century bridge design . Bollman designed many bridges for the BaltimorE and Ohio Railroad and for various other firms from Chile to Iowa, in­cluding Maryland. He built twelve bridges in Ba ltimore, including the Lombard Street Bridge which continued to carry city street traffic over the Jones Falls stream and water through the original d esign sys­tem after almost a century of use .

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Form 10-3000 (July 1969)

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UNI STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES

INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM

(Continuation Sheet) #1

Lombard Stre et Bridge

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Mary land COUNTY

Baltimore City FOR NPS USE ONLY

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9 . MAJOR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES , continued

Vogel , Robert M., "The Engineering Contributions of Wendel Bollman ," Paper 36 , United States National Museum Bulleti n 240 : Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology , Smithsonian Institution , Washi ngton , D. C. , 1964 .

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Form No 10·301a l'?ev. 10.1 ·.1

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT Of- THE INTERIOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES PROPERTY PHOTOGRAPH FORM

FOR NPS USE ONLY

RECEIVED

DATE ENTERED

SEE INSTRUCTIONS IN HOW TO COMPLETE NATIONAL REGISTER FORMS TYPE ALL ENTRIES ENCLOSE WITH PHOTOGRAPH

·NAME HISTORIC

Bollman Truss, Bollman Water-main Truss, Bollman Water Pipe Truss ANO/ OR COMMON

Lombard Street Bridge (Preferred)

LOCATION CITY. TOWN Dickeyville _ VICINITY OF

PHOTO REFERENCE

COUNTY

Baltimore City STATE

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PHOTO CREDIT Nancy Miller DA TE Of PHOTO March 1974

NEGATIVE FILED AT Maryland Historical Trust

IDENTIFICATION DESCRIBE VIEW DIRECTION. ElC IF OISlRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET PHOTO NO.

Lorobard Street Bridge " in storage " on Falls Road 2

Form No I0-301 a l '?ev. 10.7 ·, 1

UNI TED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTER IOR NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

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NAME

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Et LOCATION CITY. TOWN • • l l Dickeyvi e

_ VICINITY OF

IU PHOTO REFERENCE PHOTO CREDIT William Grovermann

NE.GATIVEFILEDAT Maryland Historical Trust

IDENTIFI CA TI ON OE SCRIBE VIEW. DIRECTION. ETC. If DISTRICT. GIVE BUILDING NAME & STREET

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