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Holiday Cottage Road Bridge

Berkshire County, Massachusetts

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MA 03M 1

Holiday Cottage Road location

Photo taken by Chester Gehman 06/19/1983

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BH Photo #387791

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Facts 

Overview
Queenpost pony truss bridge formerly over Wahconah Brook on Holiday Cottage Road
Location
Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Status
In storage and awaiting reconstruction
History
Built 1894; rehabilitated 1990; disassembled and relocated to University of Massachusetts Amherst
Builder
- Charles H. Ball of East Windsor, Massachusetts
Design
Iron Queenpost pony truss
Pipe Truss
Dimensions
Span length: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.48598, -73.13721   (decimal degrees)
42°29'10" N, 73°08'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/653094/4705417 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pittsfield East
Inventory number
BH 49917 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,519)
Berkshire County, Massachusetts (80)
Built 1894 (214)
Built during 1890s (2,617)
Charles H. Ball (4)
Dalton, Massachusetts (2)
In storage (149)
Massachusetts (979)
NR-eligible (3,988)
 Owned by township (2,428)
Pipe Truss (4)
Pony truss (15,284)
Queenpost truss (229)
Relocated (707)
Span length 25-50 feet (14,347)
Total length 25-50 feet (10,320)
Truss (30,158)

Update Log 

  • April 21, 2017: Updated by Chester Gehman: Corrected build date; re-submitted photos.
  • May 26, 2014: New photos from Chester Gehman
  • October 25, 2011: Added by James Baughn

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