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Rumsey Street Bridge

Seneca County, New York

Photos 

Rumsey Street Seneca Falls

1920 Postcard

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BH Photo #366282

Map 

Description 

Originally built for the Pennsylvania & Sodus Bay Railroad, which existed 1870-76

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Senca River on Rumsey Street
Location
Seneca Falls, Seneca County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in the 1870s, replaced 1959
Railroad
- Pennsylvania & Sodus Bay Railroad (P&SB)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.90873, -76.80633   (decimal degrees)
42°54'31" N, 76°48'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/352549/4752261 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Seneca Falls
Inventory number
BH 59148 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,780)
Built 1870 (166)
Built during 1870s (1,340)
Lost (29,311)
Lost 1959 (97)
Lost during 1950s (942)
New York (4,912)
Pennsylvania & Sodus Bay Railroad (1)
Pony truss (17,101)
Pratt pony truss (3,992)
 Pratt through truss (6,148)
Pratt truss (10,430)
Rail-to-road (360)
Railroad (16,559)
Replaced by new bridge (19,908)
Seneca County, New York (23)
Seneca Falls, New York (4)
Through truss (17,370)
Truss (36,146)

Update Log 

  • March 21, 2022: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 1, 2016: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • January 5, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

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