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Collins Station Covered Bridge 21-07-17x

Hampden County, Massachusetts

Photos 

Historic American Buildings Survey Max R. Nippell, Photographer May 15, 1937 (A) Ext.- End View

Photo taken by Max R. Nippell for the Historic American Buildings Survey

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #281341

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Chicopee River
Location
Ludlow, Hampden County, Massachusetts
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built 1852; Damaged by flooding from hurricane 1938; Dismantled and replaced 1939
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 224.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.15430, -72.48025   (decimal degrees)
42°09'15" N, 72°28'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/708181/4669981 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Ludlow
Inventory numbers
WGCB 21-07-17x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 60622 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,416)
Built 1852 (32)
Built during 1850s (494)
Chicopee River (11)
Covered (1,996)
Destroyed by flood (615)
Destroyed by hurricane (28)
Hampden County, Massachusetts (113)
Howe through truss (517)
 Howe truss (645)
Lost (28,575)
Lost 1939 (73)
Lost during 1930s (872)
Ludlow, Massachusetts (7)
Massachusetts (1,204)
Through truss (16,839)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,481)
Truss (35,529)

Update Log 

  • April 8, 2014: Added by Dave King

Sources 

  • Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HABS MA-497 - Covered Bridge, Spanning Chicopee River, Ludlow, Hampden County, MA
  • Google books - Photos & info

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