CUOH = Columbus & Ohio River
SOC = Strauss Overhead Counterweight
I added the bridgeRare label to bridgeStrauss to indicate that this is not his normal jackknife design. Further downstream on this canal was a Strauss Underneath Counterweight bridge.
Jim's photo is the best view I have found for the curved guide rail that brings the counterweight towards the pivot point as it goes down.
In Greg's photo we can see the curved guide peeking through the truss members.
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on the following post The movable span over the canal is a rare example of a Strauss overhead counterweight trunnion bascule bridge. https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4... |
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| David E Snyder posted Love old rr structures. Not my picture love this. A Brandon Townley picture. Rob Hilburn The swing span still functions. You have to call Ohio Central and schedule but it can be done. |
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| Jim Grey via Bridge Hunter |
Jim's photo is the best view I have found for the curved guide rail that brings the counterweight towards the pivot point as it goes down.
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| Jim Grey, cropped plus Paint |
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| Greg Hall via Bridge Hunter, cropped plus Pain |
I noticed the old grain elevator in the background of Bandon's photo. It still has the red checkerboard paint. I believe that was Ralston Purina's paint style.
A drone video of the bridge over the river
(new window) 3:13 is the start of the bridge scene.
The was another Strauss bridge with the overhead counterweight design in Fort Lauderdale for the FEC Railroad.
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| Street View, this photo has been moved to "Lost/B&O Roundhouse and Wood Grain Elevator." |
A drone video of the bridge over the river
(new window) 3:13 is the start of the bridge scene.
The was another Strauss bridge with the overhead counterweight design in Fort Lauderdale for the FEC Railroad.
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| Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection via BridgeHunter-1895 via Dennis DeBruler |
Bridges & Tunnels by Sherman Cahal posted five photos with the comment:
This railroad bridge traces its origins to the Central Ohio Railroad, which reached Zanesville, #Ohio, in 1852 and was acquired by the Baltimore & Ohio in 1866. The present crossing largely dates to the aftermath of the March 1913 flood, when three collapsed spans were replaced with new through trusses and the canal crossing was rebuilt as a bascule span. Today, this crossing it remains in service under the Ohio Central Railroad.🔗 More photographs and history can be found in the link in the comments. [I could not find the link.]
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That grain elevator was/is actually a feed mill. And yes, it is the Purina pattern. There are so few left that show the trademark checkerboard, and many that have faded away, but the mill remains.
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