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PC - Conococheague Creek Bridge
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Description
Southern Pennsylvania Iron and Railway Company built this bridge as part of the railroad with a mission to connect to ore lands where new furnaces were built. Richmond Furnace, being one of the furnaces, unfortunately turned into an expensive disappointment. Later in the 1950s there was a surge on this railway as additional tunnels for the Pennsylvania Turnpike were built. I believe the railroad closed in 1973, but I am not certain. SOURCE-"Railroads of Western Franklin County" by Randy WattsFacts
- Overview
- Abandoned pratt through truss bridge over Conococheague Creek on former Southern Pennsylvania Iron & Railroad Company
- Location
- Franklin County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Most likley this bridge (first built around 1870-1873) was built in 1896 as CVRR replaced all iron bridges with second-hand steel.
- Railroads
- - Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Penndel Co.
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Southern Pennsylvania Iron & Railway Co. (SPI&R)
- Southern Pennsylvania Railway & Mining Co. (SPR&M)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Also called
- Penndel - Conococheague Creek Bridge
PRR - Conococheague Creek Bridge
SPR&M - Conococheague Creek Bridge
SPI&R - Conococheague Creek Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.84337, -77.74060 (decimal degrees)
39°50'36" N, 77°44'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/265513/4413967 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Greencastle
- Inventory number
- BH 48184 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 20, 2011: Updated by Jodi Christman: Revised history and builder
- February 19, 2011: Added by Jodi Christman
Sources
- Jodi Christman - masterofchaos [at] outlook [dot] com
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