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CNW - Clinton Bridge (East Channel)

Whiteside County, Illinois

Photos 

Old bridge (The one this listing is for) on the left, Curent bridge on the right.

Photo provided by Hank Zaletel

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

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BH Photo #249325

Map 

Facts 

Overview
McCallum through truss bridge over Cat Tail Slough on Railroad
Location
East Clinton, Whiteside County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1865; Reconstructed 1868, 1874, 1880, 1882-1885, & 1898; Replaced by a new bridge in 1908
Builders
- American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois
- Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan (1898 Spans)
- Keystone Bridge Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois (8 spans 1882-85)
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Rust & Coolidge of Chicago, Illinois (Fabricators of the 1880 200ft Whipple span)
Railroad
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
Design
McCallum through truss
1868 spans:
Post through truss
Pratt through truss
1874:
Whipple Through Truss
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 2,790.0 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.83632, -90.17647   (decimal degrees)
41°50'11" N, 90°10'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/734447/4635457 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Clinton
Inventory number
BH 55027 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,637)
American Bridge Works (59)
Built 1865 (61)
Built during 1860s (753)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,481)
Detroit Bridge & Iron Works (85)
East Clinton, Illinois (2)
Illinois (5,072)
Keystone Bridge Co. (82)
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works (262)
Lost (31,828)
Lost 1908 (64)
Lost during 1900s (502)
McCallum through truss (5)
 Mississippi River (236)
Other through truss (32)
Phoenix Bridge Co. (254)
Post truss (55)
Pratt through truss (6,417)
Pratt truss (10,849)
Railroad (17,010)
Replaced by new bridge (21,709)
Rust & Coolidge (8)
Through truss (19,042)
Total length over 2500 feet (975)
Truss (38,331)
Whiteside County, Illinois (53)

Update Log 

  • October 20, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 7, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • February 19, 2013: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • December 28, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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CNW - Clinton Bridge (East Channel)
Posted October 20, 2021, by Luke

From the link in the sources.

CNW - Clinton Bridge (East Channel)
Posted October 20, 2021, by Art S. (Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

In preparing to respond to Luke regarding Rust & Coolidge vs. Keystone, I poked around the site looking at examples of each. In looking at the image for this listing, I'm pretty certain that the little Pratt truss on left looks to have a Rust & Coolidge plaque. Also, its either very advanced for 1874 or its newer than 1874.

Anyone have more info on this crossing?