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Angola Lake Shore Railroad Bridge

Erie County, New York
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Description 

The site of the Angola Horror train wreck that occurred on December 18, 1867, just after 3pm when the last coach of the Buffalo-bound 'New York Express' of the Lake Shore Railway derailed and caught fire, killing around 49 people.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck truss bridge over Big Sister Creek on former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad in Angola
Location
Angola, Erie County, New York
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built ca. 1865, replaced ca. 1910
Design
Lattice deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 160.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.64183, -79.02331   (decimal degrees)
42°38'31" N, 79°01'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/662052/4722935 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Angola
Inventory number
BH 48049 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Angola, New York (1)
Built during 1860s (217)
Deck truss (955)
Erie County, New York (73)
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad (11)
Lattice deck truss (11)
Lattice truss (265)
 Lost (10,373)
Lost during 1910s (54)
New York (1,767)
Owned by railroad (4,050)
Railroad (4,081)
Replaced by new bridge (7,141)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Truss (23,575)

Update Log 

  • February 23, 2013: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • February 7, 2011: Added by Jacob P. Bernard

Sources 

  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com

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