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Herkimer Mohawk River Bridge

Herkimer County, New York

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Herkimer Mohawk River Bridge

Photo from old postcard

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BH Photo #501803

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Mohawk River and Erie Canal on S Washington Street
Location
Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Builders
- Francis C. Lowthorp (Whipple designer)
- Squire Whipple of Albany, New York (bowstring designer)
Design
Main span is a Lowthrop patent, cast iron, vertical endpost, Whipple through truss with an inclined deck. The bowstrings are Squire Whipple patent cast iron design
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.01745, -74.97919   (decimal degrees)
43°01'03" N, 74°58'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/501695/4762752 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 93711 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bowstring pony truss (346)
Bowstring truss (664)
Cast iron (74)
Erie Canal (148)
Francis C. Lowthorp (5)
Herkimer County, New York (79)
Herkimer, New York (6)
Lost (28,396)
Mohawk River (52)
New York (4,880)
 Owned by city (6,078)
Pony truss (17,004)
Pratt pony truss (3,947)
Pratt truss (10,282)
Replaced by new bridge (19,309)
Squire Whipple (49)
Through truss (16,723)
Truss (35,389)
Whipple truss (465)

Update Log 

  • September 11, 2021: Updated by Luke: Corrected builder to pre-existing category.
  • September 10, 2021: Updated by Art Suckewer: added truss types and designers
  • July 24, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs

Sources 

  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
  • Luke
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Herkimer Mohawk River Bridge
Posted September 11, 2021, by Art S. (Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Thanks for the category fix Luke!

Herkimer Mohawk River Bridge
Posted September 10, 2021, by Art S. (Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Extraordinary bridge! At least three cast iron spans and the Lowthrop Whipple is amazing.