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CSRX - Frankenstein Trestle

Carroll County, New Hampshire

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CSRX - Frankenstein Trestle

Photo taken by Gordon Dubois

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #466735

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Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Frankenstein Cliff (Named for American Artist Godfrey N. Frankenstein) on Conway Scenic Railway
Location
Carroll County, New Hampshire
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1892, Strengthened in 1930 and 1950
Builder
- Union Bridge Co. of Buffalo, New York & Athens, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Conway Scenic Railroad (CSRX)
- Maine Central Railroad (MEC)
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.15539, -71.36629   (decimal degrees)
44°09'19" N, 71°21'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/310779/4891854 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Stairs Mountain
Inventory number
BH 61464 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (9,088)
Built 1892 (248)
Built during 1890s (3,281)
Carroll County, New Hampshire (50)
Conway Scenic Railroad (15)
Deck girder (6,403)
Girder (11,354)
 Maine Central Railroad (123)
New Hampshire (730)
Open (41,210)
Owned by railroad (13,739)
Plate girder (8,883)
Union Bridge Co. (71)
Wrought Iron (460)

Update Log 

  • April 27, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 2, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • June 20, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Geoff Hubbs
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CSRX - Frankenstein Trestle
Posted March 2, 2020, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

If this replaced the MEC Frankenstein Trestle, shouldn't it be referred to as the Son Of Frankenstein?