RUT - Lake Champlain Swing Bridge #1

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RUT - Lake Champlain Swing Bridge #1

looking south towards the old abutment. From the looks of it the northern abutment was where the bridge pivoted from

Photo taken by Michael Quiet in July 2014

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BH Photo #286870

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Lost lattice through truss bridge over Lake Champlain on Rutland Railroad

Location

Grand Isle County, Vermont

Status

Removed

History

Built 1906 by the American Bridge Co.; Demolished 1965

Builders

- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Charles F. Stowell

Railroad

- Rutland Railroad (RUT)

Design

Quadrangular lattice through truss

Also called

Rutland Railroad Bridge No. 270

Approximate latitude, longitude

+44.59157, -73.31271   (decimal degrees)
44°35'30" N, 73°18'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/633925/4938964 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Colchester Point

Inventory number

BH 61028 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• June 23, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• November 27, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
• January 13, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Corrected design and added builder & build year
• July 2, 2014: New photo from Michael Quiet
• May 21, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

• Abandoned Rails Facebook Group - Imagery
• Dana and Kay Klein
• Douglas Butler
• Luke
• Michael Quiet - mquiet [at] gmail [dot] com
• Ian Martin
• Middlebury College - Poulin Collection - North Hero - Info.pdf

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