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Drake's Drawbridge
Photo
Replaced
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in February 2019
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BH Photo #443574
Description
Shown in a painting by Clinton Wilde Clapp once owned by the now defunct Kennedy Gallery. Current location unknown.
Captain William Drake operated boats on the creek around 1880.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bridge over Wappinger Creek on County Road 28 (New Hamburg Rd)
- Location
- New Hamburg, Dutchess County, New York
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge built in 1965
- History
- Built 1879; Condemned in 1963
- Design
- Swing span
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.58331, -73.94331 (decimal degrees)
41°34'60" N, 73°56'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/588081/4604052 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Wappingers Falls
- Inventory number
- BH 61146 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 14, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
- June 1, 2014: Added by Clark Vance