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Hamilton Street Bridge (1814)
Lehigh County
,
Pennsylvania
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1830 view
Photo uploaded by Art S
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BH Photo #351477
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Overview
Lost Eyebar suspension bridge over Lehigh River on Hamilton Street
Location
Allentown
,
Lehigh County
,
Pennsylvania
Status
Destroyed by flooding & replaced
History
Built 1814; Destroyed by flooding 1841
Design
Eyebar/chain suspension
Also called
First Bridge Across Lehigh River
First Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.60632
,
-75.45374
(decimal degrees)
40°36'23" N, 75°27'13" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/461613/4495155
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Allentown East
Inventory number
BH 71804
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(8,780)
Allentown, Pennsylvania
(32)
Built 1814
(5)
Built during 1810s
(57)
Destroyed by flood
(702)
Eyebar suspension
(15)
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania
(122)
Lehigh River
(32)
Lost
(29,311)
Lost 1841
(2)
Lost during 1840s
(14)
Pennsylvania
(6,266)
Suspension
(799)
Update Log
April 13, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added cause of loss
April 13, 2016: Added by ArtS
Related Bridges
Hamilton Street Bridge (1841)
(Successor)
Sources
Art Suckewer -
Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
Luke
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