SVT - Little Walnut Creek Bridge
Photos
Ashville OH NW Bridge
Bridge on left
Photo contributed by John Marvig
License: Released into public domain
BH Photo #500626
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Walnut Creek on Scioto Valley Transit Company
- Location
- Ashville, Pickaway County, Ohio
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1904 using an older span; Removed Ca. 1930
- Builder
- - Phoenix Bridge Co. of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
- Railroads
- - Interurban
- Scioto Valley Traction Co. (SVT)
- Design
- 7=panel, pinned Pratt through truss with Phoenix Columns
- Dimensions
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Span length: 136.0 ft.
Total length: 136.0 ft.
- Also called
- SVT - Phoenix Bridge (Name on 1914 track chart)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.71065, -82.95457 (decimal degrees)
39°42'38" N, 82°57'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/332450/4397469 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 93500 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 24, 2021: Updated by Luke: Added alt name from 1914 track chart.
- June 23, 2021: Updated by Luke: Removed category "Dean & Westbrook" as the plaque looks nothing like theirs.
- June 23, 2021: Updated by Art Suckewer: added builder and stuff
- June 23, 2021: New photo from John Marvig
Sources
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
Comments
Luke,
Dean & Westbrook (D&W) was agent and engineer for most of Phoenix Bridge Co.'s highway bridges during this period. Railroads worked directly with Phoenix Bridge Co. because they could handle D&W's role. I'm not sure about traction companies, especially small ones. However may road bridge plaques that were in Phoenix's style said D&W. The plaques were of the same design because they were both made in Phoenix's facility. Only the D&W plaque you first showed is specific to D&W.
The bridge was fabricated at the Phoenix Bridge Co. facility. I don't know if they originally put it up or if an agent did. If it was an agent, D&W is a good candidate.
Regards,
Art S.
The only plaque the design matches is the Phoenix one, which was theirs and theirs alone. e.g. This example on the Deuco Quarry route in Chile: https://angolturismo.es.tl/Puente-Ferroviario-N%B0-1-ANGOL-_...
Both plaques https://bridgehunter.com/ny/montgomery/bh72200/
1891 https://bridgehunter.com/photos/32/20/322035-L.jpg
1894 https://bridgehunter.com/ny/westchester/3348560/
1886 https://bridgehunter.com/photos/43/90/439048-L.jpg
1887 https://bridgehunter.com/photos/13/41/134180-L.jpg - marked Phoenix but same basic plaque.
https://bridgehunter.com/photos/35/22/352200-L.jpg
Portal braces https://bridgehunter.com/wv/pocahontas/38A092/
Yeah, that's a far reach to say D&W on this one.
Unless Dean & Westbrook had another plaque design, that plaque looks nothing like a Dean & Westbrook plaque.
D&W doesn't have the point in the middle like the plaque on the bridge does, nor does the plaque on the bridge have the winged ends of the D&W plaque.
Uploaded image source: http://www.douglascoulter.com/BridgeSigns/dean_and_westbrook...
Image of another D&W plaque: https://www.flickr.com/photos/cmhpictures/13014555834
Dean and Westbrook / Phoenix Bridge Co. plaque.
My initial thought was that it was early because of the intricacy of the plaque but the portal braces suggest a later Phoenix Columned bridge.
Regards,
Art S.
That plaque is a mystery to me. The bridge most certainly dates to at least the 1880's.
It seems fairly clear that this span was not built in 1904, and instead came from somewhere else. It appears to be far older. Does anyone recognize the plaque?
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/oh/pickaway/bh93500/
The narrowness suggests that it's a railroad bridge, and always has been. Where they got it from is the mystery.