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Cicott Street Bridge (1889)

Cass County, Indiana

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Wreck of Truss Bridge 1913

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BH Photo #394778

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Description 

The design of the portal bracing (Star), and the finial in pic #4 shows this as being identical to the 3rd Street Bridge that was built by the King Bridge Company.

Another casualty of the 1913 flood. Was replaced with a Luten Arch Concrete Bridge that has since been replaced.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Wabash River on Cicott Street
Location
Logansport, Cass County, Indiana
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built 1889-90 by the King Bridge Company; Destroyed in the 1913 Flood.
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Pinned Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74728, -86.37758   (decimal degrees)
40°44'50" N, 86°22'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/552546/4510889 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Clymers
Inventory number
BH 77707 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,794)
Built 1889 (281)
Built during 1880s (2,420)
Cass County, Indiana (104)
Destroyed by flood (888)
Great Flood of 1913 (110)
Indiana (5,251)
King Bridge Co. (480)
Logansport, Indiana (48)
Lost (32,302)
 Lost 1913 (233)
Lost during 1910s (847)
Owned by county (22,053)
Pin-connected (5,505)
Pratt through truss (6,454)
Pratt truss (10,914)
Stone piers (300)
Through truss (19,311)
Truss (38,697)
Wabash River (141)

Update Log 

  • July 2, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Wabash River", "Stone piers", "Great Flood of 1913"
  • August 5, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder and date
  • August 5, 2020: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • April 15, 2020: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • June 19, 2017: Added by Dana and Kay Klein

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