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4th Street Bridge
Description
1958 Aerial imagery shows that a concrete span had replaced the original truss bridge. Later that year the power plant was mostly destroyed when the wall of the gorge above it collapsed. The canal has since been filled in.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Schoellkopf Hydraulic Canal on 4th Street
- Location
- Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- Design
- 8-panel, pinned Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.08755, -79.05788 (decimal degrees)
43°05'15" N, 79°03'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/658075/4772367 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 88322 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 23, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Skewed"
- February 22, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
- February 22, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
Sources
- Geoff Hubbs
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com