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NYC - Catskill Creek Bridge

Greene County, New York

Photos 

April 1884 issue of Scientific American. Provided by Bob Litchko

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BH Photo #320894

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple deck truss bridge over Catskill Creek on New York Central Railroad
Location
Catskill, Greene County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1884
Builder
- Clarke, Reeves & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (NYWS&B)
- West Shore Railroad (WSH)
Design
Whipple deck truss
Dimensions
Total length: 1,208.2 ft.
Also called
NYWS&B - Catskill Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.22395, -73.86910   (decimal degrees)
42°13'26" N, 73°52'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/593330/4675260 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hudson South
Inventory number
BH 63676 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,701)
Built 1884 (180)
Built during 1880s (2,020)
Catskill, New York (8)
Clarke, Reeves & Co. (18)
Deck truss (1,769)
Greene County, New York (61)
Lost (25,519)
Lost 1902 (25)
Lost during 1900s (332)
 New York (4,517)
New York Central Railroad (909)
New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad (36)
Replaced by new bridge (17,212)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,895)
Truss (33,237)
West Shore Railroad (24)
Whipple deck truss (26)
Whipple truss (395)

Update Log 

  • October 16, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

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