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Livezey's Mill Covered Bridge

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

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Livezey's Mill Covered Bridge

Photo from the Richard Sanders Allen Collection NSPCB Archives

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BH Photo #534136

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Description 

Some of this information from lostbridges.org

Facts 

Overview
Lost Town lattice truss bridge over Wissahickon Creek on Livezey's Lane (Now partly abandoned)
Location
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1839
Design
Town lattice through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 130.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.04920, -75.21380   (decimal degrees)
40°02'57" N, 75°12'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/481763/4433239 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 98738 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,994)
Built 1839 (34)
Built during 1830s (297)
Covered (2,677)
Lattice through truss (720)
Lattice truss (755)
Lost (29,863)
 Pennsylvania (6,304)
Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania (239)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (224)
Through truss (17,750)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,330)
Town lattice truss (392)
Truss (36,639)

Update Log 

  • June 25, 2022: New photo from Stewart Edwin Beitler

Sources 

  • Stewart Edwin Beitler - stubear0430 [at] gmail [dot] com

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