FOREST HOME CEMETERY TRUSS BRIDGES IL HAER No. CK-1999-4-A Spanning the ...

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FOREST HOME CEMETERY TRUSS BRIDGES IL HAER No. CK-1999-4-A Spanning the Des Plaines River IL HAER No. CK-1999-4-B











FOREST HOME CEMETERY TRUSS BRIDGES
IL HAER No. CK-1999-4-A
Spanning the Des Plaines River
IL HAER No. CK-1999-4-B
Forest ParkCook CountyIllinois
COVER SHEET
IL HAER DESCRIPTIVE DATA
USGS 7.5' LOCATION MAP SECTION
SITE PLAN
INDEX TO PHOTOGRAPHS
PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW KEY
MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS
ILLINOIS HISTORIC ENGINEERING RECORD
ILLINOIS HISTORIC PRESERVATION AGENCY
SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS 62701
PREPARED BY ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH INCORPORATED
KAREN POULSON, PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR AND PROJECT MANAGER







ILLINOIS HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD
FOREST HOME CEMETERY TRUSS BRIDGES
ILLINOIS HAER NO. CK-1999-4-A and CK-1999-4-B
Location:
Forest Home Cemetery (Waldheim Cemetery)863 South Des Plaines AvenueForest Park, Illinois 60130Spanning the Des Plaines River
U.S.G.S. Berwyn 7.5 Minute Series QuadrangleSection 14, Township 39N, Range 12EUTM Coordinates:
Zone 16E431320N463580
Present Owner, Custodian:
Forest Home Cemetery
Present Use:
The truss bridges are considered unsafe and are currently closed forpedestrian and vehicular traffic. The bridges have been closed since1998. The bridges are scheduled for reconstruction afterSeptember 30, 1999.
Significance:
These truss bridges were determined eligible, by the Illinois HistoricPreservation Agency, for listing on the National Register ofHistoric Places under Criterion C of the National Register Criteriafor Evaluation as found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title36, part 60. Criterion C refers to properties, That embody thedistinctive characteristics of a type, period or method ofconstruction.... The Forest Home Cemetery Truss Bridges are agood example of a truss design.
PART I.
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
A. Physical History1. Date of Erection:
A. CK-1999-4-A, 1895, north bridge, Massillon Bridge, reconfigured 1908B. CK-1999-4-B, 1908, south bridge, Carnegie, Illinois I-beam
2. Engineer: Unknown
3. Original and subsequent owners: These bridges have always been within the jurisdiction of theForest Home Cemetery.







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4. Builder, contractor, suppliers:
A. 1895, Massillon Bridge Company Ohio.B. 1908, I-beam Carnegie, Illinois
5. Original Plans and construction:
A. None locatedB. None located
6. Alterations and Additions:These alterations and additions were extrapolated from the Forest Home Cemetery IntermentBooks, Volumes 1 through 3. This chronology in conjunction with the historic photographs andactual field survey substantiate that the bridges are not twins. Indeed these are two separatebridges, constructed at different times and of different materials. For the purpose of thisdocumentation the 1895, north, Massillon Bridge is CK-1999-4-A and the 1908, south, Carnegie,Illinois I-beam bridge is CK-1999-4-B.
Bridge single drive was built 1895-1896 (CK-1999-4-A)
Summer 1908 Built piers for bridge
South side (4-A) complete and nort