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MEC - Kennebec River Bridge (1874)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Kennebec River on Maine Central Railroad in Waterville.
- Location
- Waterville, Kennebec County, Maine
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1874 by Clarke, Reeves, & Co.
- Builders
- - Clarke, Reeves & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Railroad
- - Maine Central Railroad (MEC)
- Design
- Whipple through truss with Phoenix columns
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.54875, -69.62689 (decimal degrees)
44°32'56" N, 69°37'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 19/450204/4933015 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 96177 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- MEC - Kennebec River Bridge (Pre 1905) (Successor)
- K&P - Kennebec River Bridge (1855) (Predecessor)
Sources
- Paul Plassman
- Timeline of Waterville, Maine - Build date
Comments
MEC - Kennebec River Bridge (Older)
Wow, a Clark Reeves Phoenix column bridge in Maine?! Imagine if a bridge this rare this was still standing today in Maine! Even if it was owned by the railroad, the DOT would probably form a mob of angry engineers who would offer to demolish the bridge for the railroad free of charge!
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It was definitely a neat find for me....I double-checked the list of bridges in the county multiple times to make sure I wasn't duplicating another page because I was surprised something this significant would have escaped notice! I don't believe it lasted long however....it appears a pinned Pratt was erected on this spot within a few decades, and I've found another photo of a Pratt that I believe belongs to this location but haven't nailed down the chronology yet. Either way, this one's definitely a gem!