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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Niantic River between East Lyme & Waterford, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Niantic River between East Lyme & Waterford, Old Lyme, New London County, CT

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Summary

Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span with overhead counterweight. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as an individual engineering solution to the need to provide dependable rail service while accommodating river navigation.
Survey number: HAER CT-27
Building/structure dates: 1907 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1948 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1956 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1962 Subsequent Work

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Higginson , John Y
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Edgemoor Iron Works Company
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company
Scherzer, William
American Contracting Company
King Bridge Company
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Location

connecticut41.31593, -72.32897
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Source

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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