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Connecticut Company - Naugatuck River Bridge
Description
Built ca. 1905; trolley service ended 1929. River abutments likely lost to 1955 floods. The easternmost pier survived into the 2000s but was removed (after documentation) by the Railroad Museum of New England in order to build their shop complex.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Naugatuck River on Waterbury-Thomaston Trolley Line in Watertown.
- Location
- Thomaston, Litchfield County, Connecticut
- Status
- Removed but not replaced
- History
- Built ca. 1905; removed after 1929 abandonment
- Railroads
- - Connecticut Company (ConnCo)
- Interurban
- Naugatuck Railroad (NAUG)
- Design
- Two Pratt deck truss main spans; a through girder over the Naugatuck RR; timber trestle approaches
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.63901, -73.07938 (decimal degrees)
41°38'20" N, 73°04'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/659960/4611479 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Thomaston
- Inventory number
- BH 66890 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 17, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- September 17, 2016: New photos from Luke
- April 4, 2015: Added by Ian Martin