Rating:
4 votes
Aldrich Change Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Parker pony truss bridge relocated and preserved at Aqueduct Park in Palmyra
- Location
- Palmyra, Wayne County, New York
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1858 to span the Erie Canal at Rochester; relocated 1880 to Palmyra; sold to farmer and relocated to cross Ganargua Creek; collapsed 1996; relocated and restored in Palmyra 2002-03
- Builders
- - G.W. Eddy Foundry of Waterford, New York
- John Hutchinson of Troy, New York
- Mohawk & Hudson Iron Works of Waterford, New York
- Design
- Cast-iron, 7-panel Parker pony truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 72.4 ft.
Total length: 72.4 ft.
Deck width: 13.3 ft.
- Also called
- Sexton Bridge
Aldrich Towing-path Change Bridge (full name) - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.06411, -77.24729 (decimal degrees)
43°03'51" N, 77°14'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/317013/4770385 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Palmyra
- Inventory number
- BH 44089 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 1, 2018: New photos from Dana and Kay Klein
- January 8, 2014: Updated by CANALLER: Added Info
- September 13, 2013: New Street View added by Dave King
- September 19, 2010: New photos from Doug Kerr
- February 12, 2010: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- HAER NY-315 - Aldrich Towing-Path Change Bridge, Spanning New York State Heritage Trail, Aqueduct Park (moved from Macedon, NY), Palmyra, Wayne County, NY
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Doug Kerr
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
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A stone Arch Aqueduct, a 1914 Phoenix, and an 1858 Whipple from one park point. Certainly worth a detour off the Thruway if ever in New York