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Flour Mill Bridge 35-55-14x

Miami County, Ohio

Photo 

1911 postcard view

Worthpoint postcard

View this photo at worthpoint.com

BH Photo #546249

Map 

Description 

Not positive that the photo shows this bridge, but the other covered bridge at Covington (on the Greenville Pike/now US 36) was replaced in 1876, making a postcard view unlikely.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Long through truss bridge over Stillwater River on Covington-Gettysburg Road
Location
Covington, Miami County, Ohio
Status
Destroyed by flooding
History
Built 1857; destroyed in 1913 flood
Builder
- Morrison, Hempreville & Harthan
Design
Long through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.11489, -84.35696   (decimal degrees)
40°06'54" N, 84°21'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/725244/4443857 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 101479 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

10-panel truss (312)
19th Century (9,628)
Built 1857 (79)
Built during 1850s (668)
Covered (3,340)
Covington, Ohio (11)
Destroyed by flood (855)
Great Flood of 1913 (108)
Long truss (77)
Lost (31,792)
 Lost 1913 (231)
Lost during 1910s (827)
Miami County, Ohio (101)
Morrison, Hempreville & Harthan (1)
Ohio (5,051)
Stillwater River (29)
Stone piers (279)
Through truss (19,026)
Truss (38,307)

Update Log 

  • November 26, 2022: Added by Paul Plassman

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