If you are here because of "BNSF/Santa Fe Trestle over Ellison Creek east of Media, IL," then you need to go there.
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| Todd Schumaker, Jun 2015 |
Are they doing repairs, or did Ohio give up on this waterway?
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| Todd Schumaker, Jun 2015 |
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| Sandra Monson posted Muskingum Recreational Trail near Ellis Lock 11… best viewed full screen |
Note the 1913 date. That flood destroyed and closed all of the canals in Ohio.
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| HistoricBridges and BridgeHunter |
The old span is a pin-connected Whipple truss, and the new spans are rivet-connected Warren trusses. The original Whipple trusses were deck trusses. The Whipple truss that survived the flood was converted to a through truss when locks and dams were added to the river to allow "slack water navitation." [HistoricBridges]
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| 2018 photo by David Case via BridgeHutner |
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| HistoricBridges, Engineering News-Record, 1913 Temporary spans while they build new concrete piers and Warren trusses. |
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