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Cochituate Aqueduct Bridge

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and Norfolk County, Massachusetts

Photos 

The Bridge to Nowhere

Photo by weirdpix

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

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BH Photo #311177

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Charles River on Cochituate Aqueduct
Location
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1848
Design
Stone arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.32431, -71.25013   (decimal degrees)
42°19'27" N, 71°15'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/314594/4688236 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Natick
Inventory number
BH 62711 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,845)
Abandoned (3,779)
Aqueduct/Flume/Irrigation Canal (86)
Arch (12,399)
Built 1848 (21)
Built during 1840s (206)
Charles River (53)
 Deck arch (11,635)
Have street view (27,717)
Massachusetts (1,158)
Middlesex County, Massachusetts (248)
Norfolk County, Massachusetts (63)
Stone arch (3,167)

Update Log 

  • September 6, 2015: Photo imported by Dave King
  • December 30, 2014: Photo imported by Ian Martin
  • August 28, 2014: New Street View added by Ian Martin

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Cochituate Aqueduct Bridge
Posted December 30, 2014, by Barry (bllauver [at] toad [dot] net)

Seems a shame to let the tree roots tear it down. There are many of these on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal along the Potomac River and they are part of a national park.