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Bussey Bridge

Suffolk County, Massachusetts

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Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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Facts 

Overview
Lost "Hewins" deck truss bridge over South Street on Boston & Providence Railroad
Location
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Status
Collapsed
History
Built 1876; Collapsed 1887
Builders
- Edmund H. Hewins (Designer/Fraudster)
- Metropolitan Bridge Co. (Fictitious company made up by Edmund Hewins)
- Phoenix Iron Works of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania (Main Tension Members)
- Trenton Iron & Steel Co. of Trenton, New Jersey (Rest of the Bridge)
Railroad
- Boston & Providence Railroad (B&P)
Design
"Hewins" deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.29379, -71.12307   (decimal degrees)
42°17'38" N, 71°07'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/324979/4684578 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Boston South
Inventory number
BH 72390 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,557)
Boston & Providence Railroad (13)
Boston, Massachusetts (98)
Built 1876 (111)
Built during 1870s (1,105)
Collapsed (390)
Deck truss (1,729)
Disaster (12)
Edmund H. Hewins (1)
First of its kind (31)
Last of its kind (23)
Lost (24,712)
Lost 1887 (7)
 Lost during 1880s (75)
Massachusetts (1,104)
Metropolitan Bridge Co. (1)
Other deck truss (20)
Owned by railroad (12,415)
Phoenix Iron Works (17)
Pin-connected (3,901)
Railroad (15,409)
Roslindale, Massachusetts (4)
Skewed (4,906)
Suffolk County, Massachusetts (124)
Trenton Iron & Steel Co. (1)
Truss (32,771)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Skewed"
  • May 31, 2016: Added by Luke

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