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B&O - Point Pleasant-Henderson Bridge

Mason County, West Virginia

Photo 

Bridge View at Point Pleasant

Real photo postcard mailed in 1906

Photo taken by Mark Frazier in January 2016

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BH Photo #345113

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Bridge over Kanawha River on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Location
Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1888; Replaced 1947
Railroad
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O; BO)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.83312, -82.13212   (decimal degrees)
38°49'59" N, 82°07'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/401736/4298867 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gallipolis
Inventory number
BH 70459 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,358)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (290)
Built 1888 (190)
Built during 1880s (1,688)
Henderson, West Virginia (3)
Kanawha River (17)
Lost (19,534)
Lost 1947 (25)
 Lost during 1940s (265)
Mason County, West Virginia (17)
Owned by railroad (10,242)
Point Pleasant, West Virginia (8)
Railroad (13,556)
Replaced by new bridge (12,896)
West Virginia (1,312)

Update Log 

  • January 5, 2016: New photo from Mark Frazier

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Mark Frazier - mfrazier404 [at] gmail [dot] com
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B&O - Point Pleasant-Henderson Bridge
Posted January 9, 2016, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Sure looks to be a Whipple with a Camelback format.

B&O - Point Pleasant-Henderson Bridge
Posted January 9, 2016, by Margot

Nice. Is that a camelback Whipple?