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BM - Alcott Trestle

Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

Photo 

Alcott Trestle, Hancock, NH

Alcott Trestle, Hancock, NH; from a c. 1905 postcard.

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BH Photo #344780

Map 

Description 

One of the larger trestles on the B&M Keene-Nashua line, which was doomed by flooding in 1938.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Warren deck truss with alternating verticals bridge on B&M Keene Branch
Location
Hancock, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
Status
Removed but not replaced
Railroad
- Boston & Maine Railroad (B&M; BM)
Design
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.97655, -71.99200   (decimal degrees)
42°58'36" N, 71°59'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
19/256026/4762555 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Peterborough North
Inventory number
BH 70397 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Boston & Maine Railroad (364)
Curved (413)
Deck truss (1,618)
Hancock, New Hampshire (1)
Hillsborough County, New Hampshire (91)
Lost (22,668)
Lost 1938 (57)
 Lost during 1930s (501)
New Hampshire (592)
Railroad (14,515)
Truss (31,434)
Warren deck truss (580)
Warren deck truss with alternating verticals (53)
Warren truss (6,293)

Update Log 

  • December 30, 2015: Added by Ian Martin

Sources 

  • Ian Martin

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