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CNW - Clinton Bridge (West Channel)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bollman through truss bridge over Mississippi River on Railroad
- Location
- Clinton, Clinton County, Iowa, and Whiteside County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1865; Approaches reconstructed 1874; Drawspan replaced 1887; Approaches reconstructed again 1898; replaced by a new bridge in 1908
- Builders
- - American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois (1874 Whipple Trusses)
- Detroit Bridge Co. of Detroit, Michigan (1887 Drawspan & 1898 Pratts)
- Railroad
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Design
- 1865:
1 300' Bollman through truss swing span
1 174' Howe through truss
1 128' Howe through truss
1874:
1 300' Bollman through truss swing span
Whipple Trusses replace Howe trusses
1887:
1 Pinned Pratt through truss swing span
1898
Pinned Pratt trusses replace 1874 Whipples. - Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 300.0 ft.
Total length: 802.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.83641, -90.18372 (decimal degrees)
41°50'11" N, 90°11'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/733844/4635448 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Clinton
- Inventory number
- BH 55028 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 24, 2018: New photos from Douglas Butler
- January 17, 2018: New photos from Douglas Butler
- March 26, 2015: New photo from Luke
- April 3, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
- December 28, 2012: Added by Luke Harden
Related Bridges
- UP - Clinton Bridge (West Channel) (Successor)
- CNW - Clinton Bridge (East Channel) (Same project)
- RCPE - Whitewood Creek Bridge (Parts reused in)
- RCPE - Cheyenne River Bridge (Parts reused in)
Sources
- Luke
- Journal of the Western Society of Engineers, Volume 8 - Info
- City of Fulton - Fulton History - Did You Know? - Info.pdf
- Douglas Butler
Comments
CNW Mississippi River Bridge
Not true on build dates. Photo shows bridge on right with portal that says 1896
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Postcard-Chicago-North-Western-Railr...
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The book in the sources section, where the dates came from, lists several different build dates, including 1898, which is what the cutout actually reads.