Rating:
76454
{82}%
2 votes
Acid Plant Bridge
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J & J Rogers Mill Bridge
Overview from the south
Photo taken by Michael Quiet in April 2017
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BH Photo #385875
Description
This bridge was built when the J & J Rogers company expanded and converted from the production of pig iron to pulp and paper. This bridge serviced a small, light rail system that connected the factory buildings on either side of the river
Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Ausable River on Former light railway
- Location
- Ausable Forks, Essex County, New York
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1904; Abandoned 1971
- Design
- Riveted Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 85.0 ft.
Deck width: 10.0 ft.
- Also called
- J & J Rogers Mill Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.44244, -73.69440 (decimal degrees)
44°26'33" N, 73°41'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/603894/4921844 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Au Sable Forks
- Inventory number
- BH 76454 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 9, 2017: Added by Michael Quiet
Sources
- Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
Interesting little find here, quite significant as far as local history goes due to its association with the towns largest industry.
It doesn't look like it has long to live though, the northern abutment has been completely undermined and is beginning to shift, putting quite a bit of strain on the truss. The upstream lower chord is completely bent out of shape, and the northern endposts are already quite out of alignment.