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Sylvan Slough Viaduct (Old)

Rock Island County, Illinois

Photo 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #413552

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Sylvan Slough on 24th Street
Location
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1891; Replaced 1907
Builder
- Phoenix Iron Works of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Streetcar
- Tri-City Railway & Light Co. (TCR&L)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.51214, -90.56536   (decimal degrees)
41°30'44" N, 90°33'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/703171/4598474 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Davenport East
Inventory number
BH 79666 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,802)
Beam (17,489)
Built 1891 (262)
Built during 1890s (3,423)
Illinois (5,123)
Lost (32,321)
Lost 1907 (72)
Lost during 1900s (524)
Owned by city (6,316)
Phoenix Iron Works (56)
Pin-connected (5,511)
Pratt through truss (6,455)
 Pratt truss (10,915)
Rail-and-Road (403)
Railroad (17,179)
Replaced by new bridge (22,027)
Rock Island County, Illinois (87)
Rock Island, Illinois (22)
Steel stringer (6,968)
Streetcar (292)
Through truss (19,326)
Tri-City Railway & Light Co. (10)
Truss (38,718)

Update Log 

  • December 10, 2017: Added by Luke

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