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Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Lift Bridge
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Description
A lot of information can be found here http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hh:@field%28DOCID+@lit%28MD0741%29%29Facts
- Overview
- Girder bridge over C&O Canal
- Location
- Williamsport, Washington County, Maryland
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Currently owned by Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
- Builders
- - Fancus Machine Co. (Lift Machinery Fabricator)
- New York Central Ironworks (structural Steel Fabricator)
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Electrical Equipment)
- Design
- Steel plate-girder span with steel truss vertical lift structure
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 37.5 ft.
Deck width: 16.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.59958, -77.82669 (decimal degrees)
39°35'59" N, 77°49'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/257292/4387134 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Williamsport
- Inventory number
- BH 46634 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
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