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Fink's (Finck's) Basin Suspension Bridge

Herkimer County, New York

Photos 

Little Falls

Old postcard

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BH Photo #470885

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Wire suspension bridge over Mohawk River on Finck's Basin Road in Little Falls
Location
Little Falls, Herkimer County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Removed as part of 1913 NYS Barge Canal project; bridge too low to water (Bridgemeister says heavily damaged by fire, 1917)
Design
Wire/cable suspension
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.03400, -74.83006   (decimal degrees)
43°02'02" N, 74°49'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/513843/4764604 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 89106 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,374)
Built 1870 (159)
Built during 1870s (1,266)
Herkimer County, New York (79)
Little Falls, New York (9)
Lost (28,468)
 Lost 1914 (68)
Lost during 1910s (650)
New York (4,889)
Owned by state (16,554)
Replaced by new bridge (19,360)
Suspension (788)

Update Log 

  • October 27, 2021: New photo from Chester Gehman
  • June 29, 2021: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Added built date
  • May 25, 2021: New photo from Art Suckewer
  • April 24, 2020: Added by Chester Gehman

Sources 

  • Chester Gehman - gehmanc2000 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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