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Eldon Railroad Bridge (older)

Wapello County, Iowa
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Overview
Lost Truss bridge over Des Moines River on Railroad
Location
Eldon, Wapello County, Iowa
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Line built 1859, replaced 1916
Design
Truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.91565, -92.22621   (decimal degrees)
40°54'56" N, 92°13'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/565159/4529681 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Eldon
Inventory number
BH 52980 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Built 1859 (12)
Built during 1850s (205)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Des Moines River (159)
Eldon, Iowa (3)
Iowa (3,506)
Keokuk & Des Moines Railway (2)
 Lost (10,362)
Lost 1916 (5)
Lost during 1910s (54)
Railroad (4,070)
Replaced by new bridge (7,135)
Truss (23,573)
Wapello County, Iowa (54)

Update Log 

  • February 14, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added most probable loss date.
  • February 11, 2013: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
  • September 8, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", "railroad"
  • July 23, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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Sources 

  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
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Eldon Railroad Bridge (older)
Posted February 16, 2013, by Dylan VanAntwerp (dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com)

I deleted the pictures I had listed for this bridge. What I assumed to be the location of the original railroad bridge was in fact an old crossing for a through truss road bridge. Thanks to Luke Harden for catching this.