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WVR-McVey Bridge
Photo
1913 view
Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923
Image from "Pennsylvania Lines West of Pittsburgh: A History of the Flood of March, 1913", by Charles Wilbur Garrett, 1913, page 190
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BH Photo #535000
Description
A small railroad line quickly absorbed into the massive Pennsylvania Railroad network.
https://www.abandonedrails.com/walhonding-valley-branch
Likely removed in 1942 when the county was collecting scrap metal for the war effort.
The Walhonding Valley Railway was built in 1892-3. This bridge and the other pre-1913 spans over the Mohican and Walhonding rivers from Loudonville to Coshocton likely date from this time.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Walhonding River on Walhonding Valley Railroad
- Location
- Coshocton County, Ohio
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built ca. 1890's; approach washed out in flood of 1913; removed after the line was abandoned in 1936.
- Railroads
- - Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Toledo, Walhonding Valley & Ohio Railroad
- Walhonding Valley Railroad
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Also called
- Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge #14
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.35507, -82.12112 (decimal degrees)
40°21'18" N, 82°07'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/404797/4467770 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 92358 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 30, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added history line, alternate name, and categories "Great Flood of 1913"; "Railroad"
- March 9, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added category "Toledo, Walhonding Valley & Ohio Railroad"
- March 8, 2021: New Street View added by Jeff Wieland
- March 8, 2021: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added category "Pennsylvania Railroad"
Sources
- Paul Plassman
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Jeff Wieland