Prescott Yard Bridge over Eastern Canal

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Spanning the Eastern Canal, south of East Merrimack Street, the Prescott Yard Railroad Bridge was built to connect the Prescott Storehouses with the main millyard. Since the initial development of the millyard, this site has been occupied by a railroad bridge, the first one of which may have been a wooden bridge of Towne-lattice-truss construction (See Fig. 3 of Prescott Manufacturing Company—General History). The present bridge, perhaps only the second on this site, probably dates from 1890 when the old Prescott Storehouse was demolished and replaced by a large storehouse. By 1911, the present bridge is shown on the millyard's Insurance Survey (See Figs. 1 & 9 of Prescott Manufacturing Company—General History). Changes made to the bridge include the replacement of its original granite abutments with concrete (ca. 1923) and the removal of the railroad tracks which once crossed it (ca. 1930). - Lowell Cultural Resources Inventory

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19th Century (6,640) Built 1890 (240) Built during 1890s (2,659) Lowell, Massachusetts (25) Massachusetts (985) Middlesex County, Massachusetts (217) Open to pedestrians (3,729) Owned by city (4,795)

Pony truss (15,442) Rail-to-trail (1,371) Railroad (14,153) Riveted (2,002) Truss (30,588) Warren pony truss (3,011) Warren pony truss with all verticals (335) Warren truss (6,009)

Update Log 

• June 30, 2016: New photos from Ian Martin
• April 29, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
• February 1, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

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• Ian Martin
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Massachusetts Historical Commission

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