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Looking South

Photo taken by David Backlin in March 2012

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Overview: Lost Bridge over Pensacola Bay
Location: Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida
Status: Lost, but 2 piers remain
History: Built circa 1934, abandoned circa 1970
Approximate latitude, longitude: +30.41050, -87.19548 (decimal degrees)
30°24'38" N, 87°11'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/481224/3364290 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Pensacola
Inventory number: BH 51926 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

April 3, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Wharf"
April 2, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Louisville and Nashville Railroad"
April 2, 2012: Added by David Backlin

Sources

David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net

Comments

Muscogee Wharf

Posted June 4, 2012, by Thomas Moody (twmoody [at] hotmail [dot] com)

The "piers" in the photo are the foundations for the rotary coal car unloader that the L&N installed in 1927. This equipment rotated railroad coal cars so their contents could flow down into a hopper then be sent onto ships through chutes. At the time it was the most modern coal unloader in the world. The unloader was about the only part of the wharf left after the fire in 1955.

Muscogee Wharf Bridge

Posted April 3, 2012, by Ja Fehr (jafehr [at] acm [dot] org)

http://home.mchsi.com/~jerrym151/Continued/SouthernStates3.htm

may have one or more photos of this structure.