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Big Beaver Bridge
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Big Beaver Bridge
looking north c1906
Photo from old postcard
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BH Photo #509444
Description
The plaque design appears to indicate Penn Bridge Co. as a fabricator.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Beaver River on Bridge Street
- Location
- Rochester, Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built ca. 1884 to replace a covered bridge destroyed by flood; Replaced 1933
- Builder
- - Penn Bridge Co. of Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania (Likely Fabricator)
- Design
- Pinned Pratt through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.70098, -80.29175 (decimal degrees)
40°42'04" N, 80°17'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/559833/4505805 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 94647 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 9, 2022: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added postcard, categories, & build date per Lost Bridges data on destruction of previous bridge
- October 8, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
Sources
- Geoff Hubbs
- Paul Plassman