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LS&MS - Iron Curtain Bridge (Older)
Description
This is the first Whipple through truss railroad swing bridge built in 1867, then replaced years later with a second swing bridge.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Cuyahoga River on LS & MS RR
- Location
- Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built in 1867
- Builder
- - Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Railroad
- - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad (LS&MS)
- Design
- 24 panel, center pivot swing, vertical endpost, Keystone Column, Whipple through truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 308.0 ft.
Total length: 308.0 ft.
- Also called
- Cleveland & Toledo - Iron Curtain Bridge
First Iron Curtain Railroad Bridge
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern RR Cuyahoga River Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.49982, -81.70947 (decimal degrees)
41°29'59" N, 81°42'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/440785/4594487 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 91364 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 7, 2020: New photo from Douglas Butler
- December 7, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer
- December 6, 2020: New photos from Art Suckewer
Related Bridges
- NYC - Iron Curtain Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
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Thanks Douglas,
I'll see if I an find more images so you can produce an accurate sketch. I'll be curious to see how you interpret the details of the keystone columns and decorative trim.
Regards,
Art S.