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BO - Fairmont Fink Truss (1865)
Photos
Historical Photo
Historical Photo From HAER
License: Released into public domain
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BH Photo #501366
Description
The first all-metal bridge on the Fink plan, its detailing influenced the development of pin-connection in American bridges. Longest iron bridge in the United States in 1852.
-- Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Lost three span Fink through truss bridge over Monongahela River on Baltimore & Ohio
- Location
- Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge in 1887
- History
- Built 1865 replacing the temporary wooden span which replaced the 1852 span lost during 1863 Civil War; Replaced 1887
- Builder
- - B&O Mount Clare Shops of Baltimore, Maryland
- Railroad
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- Design
- Fink through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.46653, -80.14762 (decimal degrees)
39°27'60" N, 80°08'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 17/573322/4368896 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 88795 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 9, 2021: New photo from Nathan Holth
- July 9, 2021: Updated by Art Suckewer: added second to the title
- October 1, 2020: Updated by Art Suckewer: separated the pre and post Civil War versions.
- October 1, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added builder
- September 27, 2020: New photos from Art Suckewer
- August 15, 2020: Updated by Art Suckewer: Corrected truss type from Bollman to Fink
- March 31, 2020: New photo from Luke
Sources
- Luke
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
Thanks Nathan,
The new image 6 DEFINATEY a cleaner copy of image 1.
It's rare to know coloration from old black and white photography but if you enlarge image 6, its clear (to me) that the bridge's original color scheme had at least 3 colors!
Do you or any of the railroad guys know if B&O's records of the bridge's original color scheme exist?
Regards,
Art S.