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OW - Fish's Eddy Bridge (Old)

Delaware County, New York

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Description 

"...in 1886, the perhaps poorly-built north span simply dropped into the river taking a train and the lives of four trainmen with it. Eleven years later, a derailment caused a car to knock out the end post of the middle span and down she went again, this time fortunately with no fatalities." - NYO&WHS

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over East Branch Delaware River on New York, Ontario, & Western Railway
Location
Fish's Eddy, Delaware County, New York
Status
Destroyed by collision
History
One span collapsed in 1886, One span collapsed via a derailment in 1897, Replaced completely in 1901
Railroad
- New York, Ontario, & Western Railway (OW)
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
OW - Fish Eddy Bridge (Old)
OW - Fishs Eddy Bridge (Old)
OW - East Branch Delaware River Bridge (Old)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.96620, -75.17979   (decimal degrees)
41°57'58" N, 75°10'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/485101/4646039 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Fishs Eddy
Inventory number
BH 65527 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Delaware County, New York (80)
Destroyed by collision (91)
Destroyed by derailment (14)
Fish's Eddy, New York (3)
Lost (24,738)
Lost 1901 (22)
Lost during 1900s (316)
New York (4,402)
 New York, Ontario, & Western Railway (32)
Pedimented portal bracing (60)
Pratt through truss (5,392)
Pratt truss (9,299)
Railroad (15,414)
Skewed (4,906)
Through truss (15,065)
Truss (32,788)

Update Log 

  • February 5, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • January 16, 2015: Added by Luke

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