BM - North Station Drawbridge (Old)

Photos 

Boston & Maine train derailed near North Station draw.

Photo taken by Leslei Jones, Provide by the Boston Public Library

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

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BH Photo #309613

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Facts 

Overview

Lost Warren deck truss bridge over Charles River on Boston & Maine Railroad

Location

Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, and Middlesex County, Massachusetts

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1835; Replaced 1931

Railroad

- Boston & Maine Railroad (BM)

Design

Double-intersection Warren deck truss

Also called

BM - Drawbridge No. 1

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.36893, -71.06449   (decimal degrees)
42°22'08" N, 71°03'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

19/330011/4692804 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Boston South

Inventory number

BH 64475 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• September 24, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
• May 7, 2015: Photo imported by Ian Martin
• December 8, 2014: Added by Luke

Related Bridges 

• MBTA - North Station Charles River Bridges (Successor)

Sources 

• Luke
• Douglas Butler

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