1988: (no Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges;
Satellite)
I can't tell if this is a pin-connected truss from the photo. I'm going to assume it is because it looks rather spindly.
The smokestack would have been part of a factory that made gunpowder. John Warren King started producing gunpowder in 1855. I think this was the truss that was destroyed by a flood in 1913. It was replaced by a three-span truss. King's son-in-law, Gershom Peters, started the cartridge factory that was on the south side of the river in 1887. [
beco, p3]
The cartridge factory produced munitions until 1944. Other products were made until 1967. A superfund cleaned up the site in 2015-17. [
beco, p4]
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Johnson Lara posted
With the new bridge set to open soon, a look back at the original Kings Mills Bridge over the Little Miami River about 125 years ago. |
This looks like the 1988 bridge was a concrete girder bridge.
The satellite map has updated the path of the road, but the satellite image is from before construction has started on the new bridge.
This is an image during construction. They removed the old bridge long before the new one was ready.
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| Google Earth, Aug 2023 |
Some construction photos from
beco. The factory in the background used to make cartridges. It was being converted to apartments while the bridge was being built.
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I didn't notice the second, red, concrete pump until I noticed the ready-mix trucks down in the valley.
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The contract for the new bridge was $22.5m. [
bceo, p12]
In 2017, the estimate was $10m for the bridge replacement.
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0:30 video
New bridge planned for span over Little Miami River near Kings Mills |
While looking for the view of the concrete girder bridge near the top of these notes, I noticed how extensive the restoration work was.
Another "before" view.
I'm glad that the clock tower and smokestack were preserved.
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