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Farmington Canal Heritage Trail - Nod Brook Culvert
Photo
Nod Brook Railroad Culvert
East elevation, taken from the Nod Brook Wildlife Management Area
Photo taken by Ian Martin in December 2020
BH Photo #486629
Description
From the Connecticut Historic Bridges Inventory: "The bridge takes the form of a semi-circular arch ten feet in length and five feet high at the crown. The ring stones (including the entire length of the barrel) are carefully cut quarry-faced brownstone blocks, with spandrels and short wing walls constructed out of similar ashlar masonry."The inventory form gives a build year of 1849 (same as the railroad). However, this arch is similar in design and is immediately adjacent to Rosewood Road arch (http://bridgehunter.com/ct/hartford/bh68098/), whose inventory form indicates a build year of 1878 to replace a trestle north of Avon. It seems more likely that both arches were constructed at the same time, along with the high embankment above.
Facts
- Overview
- Stone culvert bridge over Nod Brook on Farmington Canal Heritage Trail in Avon.
- Location
- Avon, Hartford County, Connecticut
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built circa 1878
- Railroads
- - New Haven & Northampton Railroad (NH&N)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Design
- Stone arch culvert
- Dimensions
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Total length: 10.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.81920, -72.82580 (decimal degrees)
41°49'09" N, 72°49'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/680575/4631988 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 91359 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Ian Martin
- Connecticut Digital Archive - Historic Bridge Inventory form
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