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N. M. Stark and Company, of Des Moines, Iowa, was a firm active in building bridges in Iowa.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Bridgehunter.com )〕 Nathaniel McClure Stark (1863-1935) was born in Indianola, Iowa, and received an engineering degree from Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University). In 1888, he entered the bridge building industry as an agent for the King Iron Bridge and Manufacturing Company of Cleveland.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Find A Grave )〕 He founded the N. M. Stark Company in 1894.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Historic Bridges in South Dakota, 1893-1943 )〕 N. M. Stark had an effective monopoly on bridge construction in Marshall County, Iowa from 1908 until a state law in 1913 stopped the practice.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Iowa Department of Transportation )〕 A number of the firm's works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Works include: *Calamus Creek Bridge (1905), aka 325th Street Bridge, 325th Street over Calamus Creek, Maxwell, Iowa, NRHP-listed〔 *East Indian Creek Bridge (1912), 260th Street over East Indian Creek, Nevada, Iowa, NRHP-listed〔〔 *Eighth Street Bridge, South Eighth Street over the Big Sioux River, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, NRHP-listed〔 *Honey Creek Bridge (1910), over Honey Creek at 105th Street, near Bangor, Iowa *Minerva Creek Bridge (1910), County Road S52 over Minerva Creek, Clemons, Iowa, NRHP-listed〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Iowa Department of Transportation )〕 *Rainbow Arch Bridge, aka South Third Avenue Bridge, over Linn Creek on South Third Avenue, Marshalltown, Iowa *Squaw Creek Bridge (1908), over Squaw Creek in Ames, Iowa〔 *State Street Bridge (1903), East State Street over Willow Creek, Mason City, Iowa, NRHP-listed〔 *Stewart Avenue Bridge, North Carolina Avenue over the Winnebago River, Mason City, Iowa, NRHP-listed〔 *Stoe Creek Bridge (1914), V Avenue over Stoe Creek, Oelwein, Iowa, NRHP-listed〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Iowa Department of Transportation )〕 *Tremaine Bridge (1902), 280th Street over the Boone River, Webster City, Iowa, NRHP-listed〔 *Twin Bridge (1916), 130th Street over the Little Volga River, Fayette, Iowa, NRHP-listed〔 *Vine Street Bridge, South Vine Street over Otter Creek, West Union, Iowa, NRHP-listed〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Iowa Department of Transportation )〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「N. M. Stark and Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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