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FDDM Bass Point Creek Trestle

Boone County, Iowa
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Overview
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Bass Point Creek on Railroad
Location
Boone County, Iowa
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built 1905, destroyed by flooding in 1912 replaced in 1913
Design
Timber stringer
Dimensions
Total length: 800.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.08997, -93.93034   (decimal degrees)
42°05'24" N, 93°55'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/423059/4660183 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Boone West
Inventory number
BH 52023 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,159)
Boone County, Iowa (58)
Built 1905 (554)
Built during 1900s (4,269)
Destroyed by flood (107)
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad (12)
Interurban (130)
Iowa (3,622)
 Lost (10,499)
Lost 1912 (4)
Lost during 1910s (57)
Newton & Northwestern Railroad (2)
Railroad (4,226)
Tall Bridges (163)
Timber stringer (1,895)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,820)

Update Log 

  • April 5, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: The bridge had been destroyed in a flood.
  • February 11, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • August 20, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Tall Bridges"
  • July 18, 2012: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
  • April 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Newton & Northwestern Railroad", "Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad"

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Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Ames Public Library - Image
  • Postcard
  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com

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