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词条 Champion Bridge Company
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  1. History

     Early years  War on the "bridge trust"  Later years 

  2. Works

     Kentucky  North Carolina  Ohio  Tennessee  Virginia  Other 

  3. References

The Champion Bridge Company, formerly known as Champion Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company, is a steel fabrication business based in Wilmington, Ohio, in the United States. It has been in business since the 1870s, and several of its works are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

Early years

In the 1850s, Zimri Wall (October 12, 1836-n.a.) began building bridges in Clinton County, Ohio.[1] In 1860, he built a number of timber bridges in Clinton County.[2] He established the Zimri Wall Company, and in 1871, he went into partnership with his brother as the Z. & J. Wall and Company.[1][1][2]

The Wall brothers developed a new wrought iron trussed arch bridge which was subsequently patented as the "Champion Wrought Iron Arch Bridge."[6] The patented design reportedly "played a key role in the history of their company."[6] The brothers sought investors to help them exploit their new design. In 1872, they formed the "Champion Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company" in partnership with Albert Israel Bailey. The company opened a fabrication shop in Hamilton, Ohio, and in 1875 built a larger shop in Wilmington, Ohio. The business was incorporated in 1878, and Zimri Wall left the business in 1880. In 1881, the company changed its name to the Champion Bridge Company in 1881 and began to also manufacture farm implements, iron fences, and some machinery. In 1893, the company moved to its present location on East Sugartree Street in Wilmington.[1][2] The company was among the first to use and promote steel for the construction of smaller highway bridges.[2]

War on the "bridge trust"

In 1905 and 1906, a Sandusky County, Ohio prosecutor pursued legal action, State of Ohio ex rel. Kora F. Brigs vs. Henry Hughes et al., against six Ohio bridge-building companies, including Champion Bridge Company, alleging that they had formed a "bridge trust."[3][4] The State alleged that the six companies had conspired to increase prices at the expense of taxpayers.[4]

In 1906, Ohio Attorney General Wade H. Ellis filed criminal charges against 15 bridge companies under Ohio's Valentine Antitrust Act.[4] In October 1906, The New York Times reported that Champion and four other companies had surrendered their charters as a result of Ellis's "war on the bridge trust."[5] Despite the action, the convicted companies were able to continue operating in Ohio by reorganizing in other states or making "organizational revisions under Ohio laws."[4]

Later years

In the 1930s, the company diversified into other areas of structural steel and began supplying steel for building construction.[1][2][6][7]

In 1935, R. J. Miars, who had previously been the company's general manager, acquired the company in partnership with two investors. Miars later bought out his investors, and he conveyed half of the company to his son, Harry S. Miars, in 1952. The current corporation was established in 1956.[8]

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A number of its works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[10]

Works

Works include:

Kentucky

  • Berry Bridge (1908), spanning Green River on Old Ferry Road, Green County, Kentucky[9]
  • Blackford Creek Bridge (c. 1920), spanning Blackford Creek on Toler Bridge Road, Hancock County, Kentucky[9]
  • Goose Creek Foot Bridge, Court and Depot Sts., Greensburg, Kentucky (Champion Bridge Co.), NRHP-listed[10][11]
  • Kentucky State Route 1032 Bridge, spanning South Fork of Licking River, Berry, Kentucky[12]
  • US 23 Middle Bridge (1908), spanning Levisa Fork, Pikeville, Kentucky[13]

North Carolina

  • North Carolina Road 1336 Bridge (1920), spanning North Toe River, near Burnsville, Mitchell County, North Carolina[14]
  • Person County Bridge No. 35, spanning South Flat River on State Road 1120, Hurdle Mills, North Carolina[15]

Ohio

  • Buck Run Bridge (1890), spanning Little West Fork Ohio Brush Creek on Buck Run Road (CR 37), Adams County, Ohio[9]
  • Egypt Pike Bridge (1876), spanning Mud Run in New Holland, Pickaway County, Ohio[16]
  • Martinsville Road Covered Bridge (1871), spanning the east fork of Todd's Fork one mile west of Martinsville, Ohio, considered the oldest bridge built by Champion Bridge Company[17]

Tennessee

  • Big Sewee Creek Bridge, TN 58 and Center Point Rd., Decatur, Tennessee, NRHP-listed[10]
  • Hutsell Truss Bridge, Old Ten Mile Rd., Ten Mile, Tennessee, NRHP-listed[10]
  • Kings Mill Bridge, Big Sewee Rd., Decatur, Tennessee, NRHP-listed[10]
  • Surprise Truss Bridge, Sewee Creek Rd., Ten Mile, Tennessee, NRHP-listed[10]
  • Weaver Road Bridge (1898), spanning Paint Rock Creet on Weaver Road near Kingston, Roane County, Tennessee[18]

Virginia

  • Knightly Bridge (1915), spanning the Middle River on Virginia Route 778 near Knightly, Augusta County, Virginia[19]
  • Middle River Bridge, on State Route 256 over the Middle River, Weyers Cave, Augusta County, Virginia[20]
  • Mount Meridian Bridge (1907), spanning the Middle River at Virginia Route 769, near Mount Meridian, Augusta County, Virginia[21]
  • Wallace Mill Bridge (1914), spanning Little Calfpasure River on Virginia State Route 683, near Craigsville in Augusta County, Virginia[22]

Other

  • Bay Springs Bridge (c. 1920), spanning Mackey's Creek, Dennis, Mississippi[23]
  • Blackburn Point Bridge (1925), Blackburn Point Rd. at Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Osprey, Florida (Champion Bridge Company), NRHP-listed[10][24]
  • Boggs Creek Bridge (c. 1900), spanning Boggs Creek on CR 450 West, Martin County, Indiana[9]
  • Cyrus Bridge (1918), along Whites Creek Road, 195 feet west of the intersection of County Road 19 and U.S. Route 52, Cyrus, West Virginia[9][25]
  • Smith Bridge (c. 1915-1918), Dooley Road spanning Nottely River, near Blairsville, Union County, Georgia ("Probably Champion Bridge Company")[26]
  • St. Anthony Street Bridge (1889), spanning Buffalo Creek in Lewisburg Borough, Kelly Township, Union County, Pennsylvania[27]

References

1. ^1 {{cite book|author1=Laura Lanese |author2=Eileen Brady |author3=Clinton County Historical Society |title=Wilmington|page=90|publisher=Arcadia|year=2010|isbn=0738584444}}
2. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Champion Bridge Company Records Collection: 1870s-1970s|publisher=Ohio Historical Society|url=http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/aids/id/6239/rec/5}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Bridge Trust Routed: Five of Its Members Surrender Their Ohio Charters|newspaper=Youngstown Vindicator|date=October 10, 1906|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g7VjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=VIEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5910,79378&dq=champion-bridge-company&hl=en}}
4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title="Forder" Pratt Through Truss Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/oh/oh1400/oh1473/data/oh1473data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
5. ^{{cite news|title=Bridge Trust Hit Hard: Five Companies in Ohio Surrender Their Charters|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 10, 1906|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/10/10/101801730.pdf}}
6. ^{{cite book|title=The Champion Bridge Company, Engineers, Manufacturers, and Contractors of Steel Bridges and Structural Steel Work|publisher=Champion Bridge Company|year=1901|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l2LMtgAACAAJ&dq=%22champion+bridge%22&source=bl&ots=6k6YKGucKG&sig=tSqnPzzTdhme_1ki7oin22b2MN8&hl=en&sa=X&ei=24RnUJzcGYbtiQL1yYGwBA&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg}}
7. ^{{cite book|title=A Century of Bridges: The History of the Champion Bridge Company and the Development of Industrial Manufacturing in Wilmington, Ohio|author=David H. Miars|publisher=Cox Print. Company|year=1972|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P8mDGQAACAAJ&dq=%22champion+bridge%22&source=bl&ots=zMtmn-LRFD&sig=2bF0YGPGvjY0E_PkUAkSVTTSGF0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=RoVnUJzaE6nYigLq0IGYBg&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAjgK}}
8. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Company History|publisher=Champion Bridge Company|url=http://www.championbridgecompany.com/history.htm|accessdate=September 29, 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130119043152/http://www.championbridgecompany.com/history.htm|archivedate=January 19, 2013|df=}}
9. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{cite web|url=http://bridgehunter.com/category/builder/champion-bridge-co/|accessdate=September 29, 2012 | title=Champion Bridge Co.|publisher=Bridgehunter.com}}
10. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{NRISref|version=2010a}}
11. ^{{NRHP url|id=64000221|title=Green County MRA}}
12. ^{{cite web|title=Kentucky State Route 1032 Bridge, Spanning South Fork of Licking River, Berry, Harrison County, KY|publisher=Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ky0283/}}
13. ^{{cite web|title=US 23 Middle Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/ky/ky0100/ky0177/data/ky0177data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
14. ^{{cite web|title=North Carolina Route 1336 Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/nc/nc0300/nc0376/data/nc0376data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
15. ^{{cite web|title=Person County Bridge No. 35, Spanning South Flat River at State Route 1120, Hurdle Mills, Person County, NC|publisher=Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/nc0368/}}
16. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=Egypt Pike Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/oh/oh1700/oh1710/data/oh1710data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
17. ^{{cite book|title=Ohio Historic Places Dictionary, Volume 2 |publisher=Somerset Publishers|year=1999|page=152|editor=Lorrie K. Owen|isbn=187859270X}}
18. ^{{cite web|title=Weaver Road Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/tn/tn0100/tn0185/data/tn0185data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
19. ^{{cite web|title=Knightly Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/va/va1700/va1735/data/va1735data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
20. ^https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/va0264.photos.165234p/
21. ^{{cite web|title=Mount Meridian Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/va/va1700/va1733/data/va1733data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
22. ^{{cite web|title=Wallace Mill Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/va/va1900/va1938/data/va1938data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
23. ^{{cite web|title=Bay Springs Bridge, Spanning Mackey's Creek, Dennis, Tishomingo County, MS|publisher=Library of Congress, Historic American Buildings Survey, Engineering Record, Landscapes Survey|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/ms0217/}}
24. ^{{cite news|title=Key's bridge is last of its kind in country|newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune|date=February 2, 2000|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XQAiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Qn4EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6080,1344719&dq=champion-bridge-co&hl=en}}
25. ^{{cite web|title=Cyrus Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/wv/wv0300/wv0355/data/wv0355data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
26. ^{{cite web|title=Smith Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/ga/ga0400/ga0464/data/ga0464data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
27. ^{{cite web|title=St. Anthony Street Bridge|publisher=Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service|url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/pa/pa1700/pa1736/data/pa1736data.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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