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BM - Sheldons Pond Bridge
Description
One of four wrought-iron viaducts on the former Manchester & Keene Railroad (later the B&M Keene Branch). No build date is listed in the 1938 abandonment proceedings, but based on the similar design to the Marlborough Trestle (http://bridgehunter.com/nh/cheshire/bh70441/), this structure was likely built around 1883-4. Also similar in design is the Alcott Trestle (http://bridgehunter.com/nh/hillsborough/bh70397/), located less than a mile to the east.Some remaining stonework appears to be visible from Old Dublin Rd.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Deck truss bridge over Sheldons Pond on Boston & Maine RR
- Location
- Hancock, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
- Status
- Removed but not replaced
- Railroad
- - Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)
- Design
- Inverted bowstring deck truss!?
- Dimensions
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Total length: 236.0 ft.
- Also called
- BM - Bridge 36.33 (Keene Branch)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.97155, -71.99606 (decimal degrees)
42°58'18" N, 71°59'46" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/255675/4762011 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 91205 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 14, 2020: Updated by Ian Martin: Adjusted location, added length & description
- November 14, 2020: Updated by Art Suckewer: truss type?
- November 14, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
Sources
- Geoff Hubbs
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- Ian Martin
- Boston & Maine Railroad Historical Society - Bridge list on p. 92 of Keene-Coolidge Crossing (1938) - source for overall length
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