Bridgehunter.com | BO - Wilkins-Rogers Flour Mill Bridge

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Flood Stage on B & 0 Main Line

Patapsco River at flood stage when the mill was owned by the Doughnut Corporation of America. This could be the flood of 1942, or later.

Photo taken by Mark Frazier in March 2013

BH Photo #250070

Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Patapsco River on B&O Railroad
Location: Ellicott City, Baltimore County, Maryland, and Howard County, Maryland
Status: Intact but closed to all traffic since 1972 flooding
Future prospects: Mill being closed by early 2020; bridge should be considered in jeopardy
History: Built c1880s to replace earlier covered bridge built c1830
Railroad: - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
Design: Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.26568, -76.79297 (decimal degrees)
39°15'56" N, 76°47'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 18/345320/4347792 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Ellicott City
Inventory number: BH 53218 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

October 15, 2019: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Bridge may be in jeopardy of demolition from mill closure
December 23, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
March 7, 2013: New photo from Mark Frazier
August 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Baltimore & Ohio Railroad" Removed category "B&O Railroad"
August 21, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks