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Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, Driftwood, Cameron County, PA

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Castle Garden Bridge, Township Route 343 over Bennetts Branch of Sinnemahoning Creek, Driftwood, Cameron County, PA

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Summary

Significance: The bridge is a two-span, pin-connected, metal Pratt through truss bridge 212' in length. Erected by Nelson and Buchanan of Chambersburg , Pennsylvania, in 1901, with some members fabricated by the Cambria Iron Company, the structure is a representative surviving example of a popular truss type built to specifications by bridge companies in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in Pennsylvania and throughout the U.S...
Survey number: HAER PA-444
Building/structure dates: 1901 Initial Construction

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1901
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Nelson & Buchanan
Cambria Iron Company
Cameron County Commissioners
P. A. C. Spero & Company, contractor
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, sponsor
DuSel, James, photographer
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cameron county41.33978, -78.13417
Google Map of 41.3397846, -78.13417199999999
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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