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MEC - Kennebec River Bridge (Pre 1905)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Kennebec River on Maine Central Railway in Waterville.
- Location
- Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- Railroad
- - Maine Central Railroad (MEC)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.54927, -69.62737 (decimal degrees)
44°32'57" N, 69°37'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/450167/4933073 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Waterville
- Inventory number
- BH 76143 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 5, 2022: New photos from Chester Gehman
- February 1, 2022: New photos from Paul Plassman
- March 16, 2017: Updated by Dana and Kay Klein: Set Pin
Related Bridges
- ST - Kennebec River Bridge (1910) (Successor)
- MEC - Kennebec River Bridge (1874) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Paul Plassman
- Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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The bridge might already have been removed before '36. It looks like the preferred crossing for the MEC became the current bridge at Fairfield when that was built in 1916, making the crossing in question redundant. I haven't been able to find any info on its fate though