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Leather River Bridge

Connaught RM 457, Saskatchewan, S0E, Canada

Formally Recognized: 1987/06/10

View crossing the Leather River Bridge; Government of Saskatchewan, James Winkel, 2004.
Leather River Bridge
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Other Name(s)

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Construction Date(s)

1913/01/01 to 1913/12/31

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2005/09/07

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

Leather River Bridge is a Municipal Heritage Property located within the Rural Municipality of Connaught No. 457, approximately 22 km northwest of the Town of Tisdale. The property features a 1913 steel truss bridge spanning the Leather River.

Heritage Value

The heritage value of the Leather River Bridge lies in its status as the oldest bridge within the municipality. It was constructed in 1913 from a plan provided by the Dominion Bridge Company. The bridge has been in continual use since that time.

The heritage value of the property also lies in its technology. Representative of the new steel truss, the bridge is an example of a technology that revolutionized bridge construction which displaced the wood and wrought-iron truss construction during the late-nineteenth century. The Leather River Bridge is an example of a pony truss, a common type of steel truss construction. This type of truss lacked overhead top chords due to the short height of the parallel chords along the sides of the bridge. This style was commonly used for short, light traffic bridges of the period. The Leather River Bridge represents an important technological step in Saskatchewan bridge construction before the large-scale application of reinforced-concrete bridges in the 1930s.

Source:

Rural Municipality of Connaught No. 457 Bylaw 7-87.

Character-Defining Elements

The heritage value of the Leather River Bridge resides in the following character-defining elements:
-those elements that reflect the property’s technology, such as the pony truss and its steel infrastructure;
-those elements that reflect its status as the oldest bridge in the community, such as its position on its original location.

Recognition

Jurisdiction

Saskatchewan

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (SK)

Recognition Statute

Heritage Property Act, s. 11(1)(a)

Recognition Type

Municipal Heritage Property

Recognition Date

1987/06/10

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

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Theme - Category and Type

Developing Economies
Technology and Engineering

Function - Category and Type

Current

Transport-Land
Bridge, Tunnel or Other Engineering Work

Historic

Architect / Designer

Dominion Bridge Company

Builder

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Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

Department of Culture, Youth and Recreation Heritage Resources Branch 1919 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, SK File: MHP 1113

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

MHP 1113

Status

Published

Related Places

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