1882-1960s Pennsy Tuttletown Bridge over Allegheny River that was engulfed by Kinzua Dam

(Satellite, see Images "w" and "ac" below.)

30 of the 55 images posted by Bob Schmid with the comment:

The "Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge", that was also years ago referred to as the "Tuttletown Bridge" that carried the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks over the Allegheny River.

Construction was completed for this 4 span steel Railroad Bridge over the Allegheny River, back in March of 1882.  This 4 span RR bridge  was 600 feet long, with each of the 4 spans measuring 150 feet in length.

   Due to a big Railroad Train Wreck on the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge, that is also known as the "Tuttletown Bridge", over the Allegheny River, that occurred on Tuesday, March 10, 1908, which is when the 4th(and last RR bridge span that was located on the eastern side of the Allegheny River) was smashed and crumbled into the river along with the RR tracks from this last span. This is the reason when you do see photographs of this RR bridge, it only has 3 spans on it.  "Tuttletown Bridge” was at one time located in the tiny community named Tuttletown, Pa., a slight distance from the community named “Big Bend”, which is where the sharp curve in the Allegheny River was at.

 Back in March of 1882, when this RR bridge was completed, the railroad line that was in service using this railroad bridge, was the "Buffalo, Pittsburgh & Western" from Warren, Pa. to Salamanca, NY.  It later became the Pennsylvania Railroad that was in use, till it ended its Final Run on October 22, 1960. At that point, is when this railroad tracks & this particular railroad bridge, were then used in conjunction of the construction of the Kinzua Dam Project, used in hauling in landfill, gravel, machinery, equipment, supplies & materials to the Dam Site. This old Railroad bridge that spanned the Allegheny River for all of those years, was torn down in March of 1966, after the construction of the Kinzua Dam was completed.

[The images also included a lot of newspaper clippings that I did not copy. You can click the "posted" link to access them.]

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[I see gusset plates in this photo. Most bridges in 1882 would still be pin connected.]

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By overlaying the 1966 map over the 1941 map with about 40% transparency, we can see the black line of the Pennsy bridge & tracks and the light blue extent of the Kinzua Lake.

1941/41 Kinzua @ 62,500 overlaid by 40% transparent 1966/68 Cornplanter Bridge @ 24,000