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Iron Bridge
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No reproduction of image for the purpose of resale or other publication without approval. Image for sale at www.laughlinpostcards.com by Tom Taylor
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Description
Possibly replaced in 1973, but I suspect earlier than that. I have gathered this bridge is this location because of the writing on the postcard.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bridge over Lehman Run on Iron Bridge Road
- Location
- Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Bridge the road is named after
- Builders
- - Columbia Bridge Co. of Dayton, Ohio [also known as Columbia Bridge Works]
- Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio
- D.H. & C.C. Morrison of Dayton, Ohio [also known as Columbia Bridge Works]
- Design
- Two span Vertical endpost Childs or Long pony truss with rolled members and stone abutments. Also note the trussed floor beams.
- Also called
- Lehman Run Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.03583, -77.64417 (decimal degrees)
40°02'09" N, 77°38'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/274398/4435084 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Roxbury
- Inventory number
- BH 52139 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 13, 2021: Updated by Luke: Removed category "Possibly D.H Morrison / Columbia Bridge Works."
- July 4, 2019: Updated by Art Suckewer: added pic and truss type
- April 21, 2012: Added by Jodi Christman
Sources
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
Comments
Iron Bridge
Upper cord cast iron?
Same builder?: http://bridgehunter.com/pa/franklin/paxton-run/
Iron Bridge
Interesting bridge. This strikes me as a Childs or Long truss which are normally associated with wooden covered structures. The rolled members and connections strike me as a Morrison/CBW structure. He had built wooden trusses however most known early Morrison designs involve bowstring or inverted bowstring designs.
Anyone have any thoughts?
Regards,
Art S.
Also, I have doubts about its location.
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Childs or Long pony truss is a real stretch. I have seen a few very early Pratt ponies with vertical endposts that used doubled diagonal members and counters in every panel.
No evidence that this has any correlation to Morrison or Columbia BW.