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PTC - Kickapoo Creek Bridge

Peoria County, Illinois

Photo 

From the Transit Journal, Volume 16, Issue 1, 1900

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1920

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BH Photo #327160

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Kickapoo Creek on Peoria Terminal Co.
Location
Bartonville, Peoria County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1900; Replaced 1936
Builder
- Schultz Bridge & Iron Works of McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Interurban
- Peoria & Pekin Terminal Railway (P&PT)
- Peoria Railway Terminal Company (PRTC)
- Peoria Terminal Co. (PTC)
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
PRTC - Kickapoo Creek Bridge
P&PT - Kickapoo Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.65408, -89.64294   (decimal degrees)
40°39'15" N, 89°38'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/276554/4503716 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Peoria West
Inventory number
BH 67947 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bartonville, Illinois (6)
Built 1900 (926)
Built during 1900s (7,470)
Illinois (4,827)
Interurban (966)
Kickapoo Creek (29)
Lost (26,815)
Lost 1936 (101)
Lost during 1930s (758)
Owned by railroad (13,088)
Peoria & Pekin Terminal Railway (2)
Peoria County, Illinois (92)
 Peoria Railway Terminal Company (2)
Peoria Terminal Co. (2)
Peoria, Illinois (36)
Pin-connected (4,165)
Pratt through truss (5,734)
Pratt truss (9,823)
Railroad (16,165)
Replaced by new bridge (18,189)
Schultz Bridge & Iron Works (5)
Through truss (15,937)
Truss (34,209)

Update Log 

  • June 21, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added loss date via info from John
  • June 6, 2015: Added by Luke

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Sources 

  • Luke

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