Cable sample from Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge in Maysville, Kentucky
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1931
notes: label: Description
content: This cable was part of the bridge now known as the Simon Kenton Memorial Bridge in Maysville, Kentucky. This suspension bridge helped reinforce commerce and transportation between southern Ohio and northeastern Kentucky after its creation in 1931, and it is the longest suspension bridge in Kentucky and one of the longest on the Ohio River. The cable is built up of core and four layers of strands, all made of prefabricated wire cable; the adjacent cables have alternating right-handed and left-handed lays. At the time, this was considered a “novel structure” for a bridge cable.
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content: Work and Industry: Mechanical and Civil Engineering
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of CF&I Steel Corp. thru A.C. Pocius
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MC.330396
label: catalog number
content: 330396
label: accession number
content: 288882
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cable sample