Survey Ntunber: C-8 Bridge Name and Address: Dauberville Bridge L.R. 06036 over Schuylkill River Berks County Owner: Commonwealth of Department of Transportation Transportation & Safety Building Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120 Statement of Significance; Daxjberville Bridge is a good example of an early twentieth century multiple-span concrete arch bridge. Constructed in 1908, this early multiple span concrete bridge comprises four arches, each spanning 75 feet. Like the other Berks County concrete arches, the solid parapets are articulated with simple scored lines. This bridge stands out in the nominated group as a skillfully designed example of an early multiple arch concrete bridge. Built in a rural village by L. H. Focht & Sons, contractors, and designed by N. M. Davis engineer, its graceful humpback and elliptical arches exemplify the design care taken with early concrete arch bridges. Area of Significance; Engineering Boundary Description: The nominated property consists of a 408 feet long by 25 feet wide rectangle whose vertices coincide with the outside corners of the bridge's railings, and includes only superstructure and substructure. Acreage of Nominated Property: Less than one acre. MAY i n |Q8f PENNSYLVANIA HISTORIC RESOURCE SURVEY FORM Bureau for Historic Preservation Box 1026 9. HISTORICAL DATA PA Historical & Museum Cominission Harrisburg, PA 17120 M ! c - o-z 8. USGS QUAD. Temple, PA Designer/Engineer: Davis, N. M. (ts 9 UTM's: Zone 18 E l4 ll l7 ll l7 lo Builder/Contractor: X- N |4 4 7|8|7|2|0 L. H. Focht & Sons X E c Bridge Company: TQ N O Unknown 10. SITE PLAN i Date(s): 1908 ; basis PennDOT Records 1908 ; basis piaque on Bridge

; basis L.R. 06036

X? V V" ; basis

Use: VehicularP^esent; Vehicular original

12. VIEW 11. INTEGRITY no. xaltered; unaltered; moved; Explain: Turnbuckle bracing

PHOTO

13. COMMENTS Unusual features: Humpbacked

Locale/environment: 14. DIMENSIONS Rural Village 4 408 ^ft. O/A spans: no. 5 ^ft. Each main: 4 no. Machinery (describe/identify type/ ^ft. equipment): secondary: no. ft. approach: no. 5 ft. Each M/1 piers: 3 no. ft. towers: no. 15. TYPE CHARACTERISTICS

I I Truss: continuous/cantilever: webbing: . anchor span: . cantilever span: . suspended span: . thru/deck/low (pony): full-slope/half-hip. connections: pin/riveted, eyebars: loop welded/die forged. railing: Parapet-scored concrete-recessed panels columns: [ . in Arch: masonry/metal: Concrete thru/deck/h-thru. fixed (hingeless) /1/2/3-hinged. ribs: solid/braced; crescent/parallel, spandrels: open/solid/braced. intrados/vault; ribbed/solid. shape: semi-circular/elliptical/segmental: stilted, skew None ^LAQUE stiffening: braced-chain (1/2/3-hinged) /suspended Dauberville Bridge truss. Built 1908 wire cable: twisted/parallel, eyebar chain. Berks County Commissioners - back-stay: straight/curved. Ixi^Baaoudbeac C. B. Cleaver, single/double leaf, James F. Fisher, James M. Yerger rolling lift: Schertzer. trunnion: simple (Chicago) /multiple (Strauss). N. M. Davis - Engineer counterweights: heel/overhead. J. J. Eshelman - Inspector Page/Rail. L. H. Focht & Son - Contractors semi-lift/direct lift. n Swing: bearing: center/rim/combination, B(se e Truss above). n Vertical Lift: I I (see Truss above) ( I Other: I I other:

16. MATERIALS (primary)

Superstructure type treatment/finish source main span: Concrete Smooth towers: railings: Concrete Scored - Recessed Panels Substructure piers: Concrete Smooth abutments: wings: intrados/ribs: Concrete Smooth voussiors: Concrete Scored

17. PHOTO NO'S. 18. PREPARED BY: Baransky 05-06 (7-12) AGENCY/ORGANIZATION: PennDOT ; DATE: 07-07-82 NPS Form M>Oa>* QUB Appml No 10240014 (OOt) United States Department of the Interior National Register of Historic Places Continuation Siieet

Section number Page

Multiple Resource Area Thematic Group Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Name Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR 5(-3(-^^ Adams (Jounty (and others) , i'A

Nomination/Type of Review Date/Signature

. ^ 81, County Bridge No. 148 ^"^f^^J'^^,!^lt0r Aeeper (^pA^.,.^^^)-j<^' 6/ ^ Ad^

Attest

—82. County Bridge No. 171 ftiBBtaotlVfl Bevls* Keeper

Attest

83. Dauberville Bridge HatiOBal^Begister {-^eper /0(^^^<---^.~i.<-^^^ 4/2 Attest

84. Fortieth Street Bridge A^^^.^^^^^Ar-r deeper / yA-'^-'^-^*^-'''-/^^^^^ tg/-^ A^J^

Attest

85. Frankford Avenue Bridge Entered In tht deeperCzA^'-^^^-^^/^-'y'^^-x^ (^Jj^J-tT (over ) yatloftal 2j^.&lztQX Attest

86. Frankford Avenue Bridge Entered In the 2l^eeper c::^^^^-^^^,^--^^^^^^.--^ 6/>>_/^

_ 87. Frantz's Bridge .6]K|yta^lS5 E: -' - Keeper ^^yT^^J^ J)^ ^ (A^lA^^^-^M/^ Attest ,,acered la the 88. Hammer Creek Bridge Hatlooal BeglBteX feeper^-:?j^^c-A>t^^,^^

Attest Enterenationald m Reeistex^^^^^^i--"^ ^ ^^^^ 89. Harrison Avenue Bridge Attest Eriter^-i li^ the

90. Hogback Bridge Attest 990 00

WASO Form -177 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ("R" June 1984) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE

NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES EVALUATION/RETURN SHEET

Dauberville Bridge (Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation TR) MAY 101988 Berks County Working No. PENNSYLVANIA Fed. Reg. Dat.atee: ^ ^^1^ , Date Due: Action: [II resubmission RETURN • nomination by person or local government .REJECT CH owner objection Federal Agency: O appeal

Substantive Review: EH sample • request CH appeal CH NR decision Reviewer's comments:

Recom./Criteria. Reviewer Discipline Date see continuation sheet

Nomination returned for: .technical corrections cited below .substantive reasons discussed below

1. Name

2. Location

3. Classification

Category Ownership Status Present Use Public Acquisition Accessible

4. Owner of Property

5. Location of Legal Description

6. Representation in Existing Surveys Has this property been determined eligible? CH yes • no

7. Description

Condition Check one Check ona excellent I I deteriorated unaltered • original site CH good n ruins altered moved date. • fair CH unexposed

Describe the present and original (if known) physical appearance

CH summary paragraph CH completeness CH clarity • alterations/integrity • dates I I boundary selection 8. Significance

Period Areas of Significance-Check and justify below

Specific dates Builder/Architect Statement of Significance (in one paragraph)

CH summary paragraph CH completeness CH clarity CH applicable criteria • justification of areas checked CH relating significance to the resource CH context CH relationship of integrity to significance CH justification of exception CH other

9. Major Bibliographical References

10. Geographical Data

Acreage of nominated property Quadrangle name UTM References

Verbal boundary description and justification

11. Form Prepared By

12. State Historic Preservation Officer Certification The evaluated significance of this property within the state is:

national state local

State Historic Preservation Officer signature

title date

13. Other

CH Maps CH Photographs • other

Questions concerning this nomination may.be directed to.

Signed Date Phone:

OPO 9 1 8-450

Comments for any item may be continued on an attached sheet

1. Name of Nomination: Highway Bridges Owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation 2. Name of Structure: Dauberville Bridge 3. Cotmty: Berks Cotmty 4. Photo Date: 1982 5. Photo Credit: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 6. Negative Location: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation 7. Photo View: Oblique view, showing elevation 8. Photo Number: C-8