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MDC Reservoir #1 Gatehouse Bridge
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Photo taken by Chester Gehman in January 2021
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BH Photo #489972
Description
Bridge provides access from dam to tower containing penstock control valves.
Facts
- Overview
- Bowstring through truss bridge over Reservoir #1 on Access to gatehouse in West Hartford.
- Location
- West Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1922
- Builders
- - Hartford Water Co. (predecessor of the MDC)
- Metropolitan District Commission of Connecticut
- Design
- Bowstring through truss
- Dimensions
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Deck width: 5.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.75155, -72.77605 (decimal degrees)
41°45'06" N, 72°46'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/684902/4624581 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 92115 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 3, 2021: Added by Chester Gehman
Sources
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com