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
Total length: 66.0 ft.
Inventory number
BH 27864 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (2,535)
Abandoned (301)
Built during 1870s (356)
HAER documented (453)
Licking County, Ohio (26)
Ohio (1,728)
Pony truss (11,786)
Relocated (189)
Total length 50-75 feet (5,962)
Truss (19,456)

Update Log 

  • December 19, 2005: Posted photos from Gregory S. Hamilton