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Harper Ferry Bollman Bridge

Jefferson County, West Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland
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Bollman Truss Bridge

The bollman truss is to the right. Note the old advertisement that is on that bridge.

Postcard scanned by Kim Harvey in May 2010

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Overview
Lost Bollman through truss bridge over Potomac River on B&O Railroad
Location
Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, West Virginia, and Washington County, Maryland
Status
Destroyed by flood
History
Built 1852, destroyed by flood in March 1936
Builder
- Wendel Bollman
Design
Bollman through truss
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on February 14, 1978
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.32448, -77.72955   (decimal degrees)
39°19'28" N, 77°43'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/264709/4356338 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Harpers Ferry
Inventory numbers
NRHP 78001484 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 44926 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (4,000)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (133)
Bollman truss (4)
Built 1852 (17)
Built during 1850s (217)
Destroyed by flood (127)
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia (3)
Jefferson County, West Virginia (8)
Lost (11,113)
Lost 1936 (12)
Lost during 1930s (84)
 Maryland (451)
NR-listed (2,384)
Owned by railroad (4,889)
Potomac River (30)
State line crossing (547)
Through truss (9,577)
Truss (24,140)
Washington County, Maryland (68)
Wendel Bollman (4)
West Virginia (1,051)

Update Log 

  • May 13, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • May 2, 2010: New photo from Kim Harvey
  • April 18, 2010: Added by Kim Harvey

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