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48843
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8 votes
Dinkey Bridge
Description
Legend goes that the bridge used to clandestinely ship pure uranium from the Iowa State College's Ames Laboratory's Ames Project to the larger Manhattan Project during World War Two.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Steel stringer bridge over Squaw Creek on Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad (former Ames and College Railroad) in Ames
- Location
- Ames, Story County, Iowa
- Status
- Demolished
- History
- Built ca 1920; Reinforced 1965; Demolished in 2010
- Railroads
- - Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railway (FDDM)
- Interurban
- Design
- Steel stringer bridge with railroad ties used as decking with a 1" spacing between ties.
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 245.0 ft.
- Also called
- FDDM - Dinkey Bridge
CNW - Dinkey Bridge
CNW - Squaw Creek Bridge
FDDM - Squaw Creek Bridge
UP - Dinkey Bridge
UP - Squaw Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.02678, -93.62890 (decimal degrees)
42°01'36" N, 93°37'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/447937/4652940 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Ames West
- Inventory number
- BH 48843 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 2, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added circa build date per Newspapers.com clipping provided by Melissa; Added additionaly imagery from clippings provided by Melissa
- October 14, 2017: New photo from Luke
- August 9, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Railroad"
- July 25, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- April 17, 2012: New photo from Luke Harden
- April 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern Railroad"
- February 16, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Ames & College Railway"
- January 20, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Rail-to-trail"
- November 30, 2011: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- September 19, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
- August 22, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
- June 30, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
- June 8, 2011: Updated by Luke Harden: Added photographs
- June 3, 2011: Added by Luke Harden
No, as the bridge with timber bents was still extant in the great flood of 1918: http://www.amespubliclibrary.org/farwell/publication/Pub2739...