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Steele Creek Bridge

Steele Creek Bridge

Primary Photographer(s): Marc Scotti

Bridge Documented: July 16, 2018

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Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Private Driveway Over Steele Creek
Location
Rural: Herkimer County, New York: United States
Construction Date and Builder / Engineer
By Builder/Contractor: Unknown and Engineer/Design: Squire Whipple
Rehabilitation Date
Not Available or Not Applicable
Main Span Length
Not Available
Structure Length
Not Available
Roadway Width
Not Available
Spans
1 Main Span(s)
Inventory Number
Not Applicable

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Bridge Documentation

This is a presentation of Squire Whipple's cast iron top chord used in his bowstring truss bridges, but is used on a Pratt truss here. The bridge has been placed on this private driveway. The trusses are highly altered and not load-bearing. The lower chord castings are missing and the lower chord rod was moved to the deck level to act like a railing. Despite alteration, the top chord and end posts retain the distinctive design of Squire Whipple, and this is one of only a couple known bridges using this cast iron design in a non-bowstring truss. This bridge likely dates to the 1860s.

 

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This bridge is located on a private driveway but is visible from the nearby public road.

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