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B&A - Whistler Bridge #6

Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and Berkshire County, Massachusetts

Photos 

Side Walls Of Western Abutment From The East

Photo taken by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #289328

Map 

Description 

One of the original stone bridges on "Whistler's Western." Bypassed (along with #3, #4, and #5) in a 1911-12 line relocation and subsequently abandoned. Post-abandonment, the bridge was destroyed in a 1927 flood.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Stone arch bridge over West Branch of Westfield River on Original B&A Alignmenr
Location
Middlefield, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, and Berkshire County, Massachusetts
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1840, abandoned 1912, lost 1927
Builders
- Alexander Birnie (stonemason)
- George Washington Whistler of Fort Wayne, Indiana (designer)
Railroad
- Boston & Albany Railroad (BA)
Design
Stone arch
Recognition
Listed as a contributing resource to the Middlefield-Becket Stone Arch Railroad Bridge District
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.30942, -73.01799   (decimal degrees)
42°18'34" N, 73°01'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/663350/4686033 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Becket
Inventory number
BH 61960 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,332)
Alexander Birnie (5)
Arch (12,650)
Berkshire County, Massachusetts (112)
Boston & Albany Railroad (107)
Built 1840 (48)
Built during 1840s (226)
Deck arch (11,887)
George Washington Whistler (6)
 HAER documented (1,122)
Hampshire County, Massachusetts (69)
Lost (28,403)
Massachusetts (1,203)
Middlefield, Massachusetts (3)
NR-contributing (162)
Railroad (16,452)
Stone arch (3,279)
Westfield River (31)

Update Log 

  • May 4, 2021: New photos from Chester Gehman
  • July 25, 2014: Added by Ian Martin

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