Rating:
48255
{95}%
8 votes
Catoctin Furnace Bridge
Photo
Overview
http://www.dnr.state.md.us/parkquest/cunningham.asp
BH Photo #194231
Description
This is a nice example of a WIBCo. tubular bowstring.
Facts
- Overview
- Bowstring pony truss bridge over Little Hunting Creek on a pedestrian path
- Location
- Frederick County, Maryland
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built ca. 1872
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- Bowstring pony truss
- Recognition
-
Listed as a contributing resource to a designated historic district on the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.58316, -77.43436 (decimal degrees)
39°34'59" N, 77°26'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/290933/4384324 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Catoctin Furnace
- Inventory number
- BH 48255 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 25, 2011: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added builder
- February 25, 2011: Added by James McCray