Photos
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Side view Color photos taken 2005 by Gregory S. Hamilton |
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Deck view |
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Underneath |
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Outriggers |
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Close-up of joints |
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Still in use This photo from the Historic American Engineering Record shows the bridge when it was still open to traffic [HAER photo taken 1992 by Joseph Elliott] |
Timeline
Compiled by James Baughn
- ca. 1872
- Constructed over Brushy Fork in Perry Township, probably by the Cleveland Bridge & Car Works
- Aug. 3, 1926
- Licking County offered to give bridge to Village of Hebron in exchange for moving it
- April 1927
- C.B. Patterson erected bridge on new abutments at the west end of Cumberland Street over the Ohio Canal in Hebron
- June 24, 1931
- Hebron council voted to sell bridge to Licking County to be relocated to the Boy Scout Camp. Because of a dispute over right-of-way, the bridge was never used during its time in Hebron.
Facts
- Overview
- Iron pony truss bridge over Rocky Fork at Falling Rock Boy Scout Camp
- Location
- Licking County, Ohio
- Status
- Abandoned with deck removed
- History
- Built ca. 1872; relocated 1927 and 1931
- Design
- Cast- and wrought-iron Post pony truss
- Dimensions
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Total length: 66.0 ft.
- Inventory number
- BH 27864 (Bridgehunter.com ID)