Tidal Basin Inlet Bridge, Washington, D.C.: Historic Structures Report
1986. Tidal Basin Inlet Bridge, Washington, D.C.: Historic Structures Report. Historic Structure Report. KressCox Associates, P.C.. Washington, D.C.
The Historic Report on the Tidal Basin Inlet Bridge in Washington, D.C., was prepared in accordance with the guidelines issued by the National park Service in its Request for Proposals (No. 3-5-31). The focus and content of the report were further refined in a series of work-review meetings between the National Park Service and the KressCox Associates Team. The project team consisted of KressCox Associates P.C., architects and planners; Perry Gerard Fisher, historian and archival consultant; Nassaux-Hemsley, Inc., engineering consultants; and Mortensen, Lewis & Scully, Inc., landscape architects. The primary emphasis of the report is on the specialized engineering aspects of the original construction of the Inlet Bridge, and on the extensive subsequent modifications of the structure. However, the fascinating mechanical systems of the bridge cannot be separated from the structure's role in the Potomac River flood-control projects and concomitant development of the waterfront parks system of Washington at the turn-of-the-century. The Tidal basin Inlet Bridge is, moreover, an important work of early-20th-century Washington architecture, and a distinguished example of the style and versatility of Nathan C. Wyeth, its designer.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 1986-05
- Publisher
- KressCox Associates, P.C.
- Units
- EAPO , HIST , NACA , WEPO
- Keywords
- Architecture, Background, bridge, commission, Construction, Design, Development, ehistory, Features, History, Improvement, Landscape, McMillan, Plan, Planning, Potomac, Tidal Basin, Washington D.C.