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| MWRD posted A view looking southwest at the I&M Canal and a bridge at State Street in Lemont, Illinois, on April 16, 1917. Billiam Nikson: I think that's the old version of the low bridge by the big lemont road bridge that accesses canal bank road.. Take it 4x daily... |
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| Dennis DeBruler commented on Billiam's comment So this would be the view today, https://maps.app.goo.gl/BvkqyMxwrAf95gcn7 |
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| Street View, Aug 2023 |
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| safe_image for Calls for answers after train on fire rolls through downtown London, Ont. The train eventually halted at Pall Mall Street and Waterloo Street in central London, Ont., where it took 28 firefighters to knock down the blaze. (Sean Davidson/CBC) |
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| 1:30 video, Courtesy: London Fire Department |
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| 1:30 video, Courtesy: London Fire Department |
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Significance: The Northampton Street Bridge is one of a few extant eye-bar cantilever bridges in the United States. Its 50'-0"-long central span, supported between two 250'-0" cantilever arms, is carefully disguised by superfluous members so as to appear as a smooth catenary. Its appearance is tastefully balanced between Gothic flamboyance and a spartan machine aesthetic — a piece of urban "structural art." Designed by James Madison Porter III, professor of engineering at nearby Lafayette College and an early advocate of materials testing, this bridge is his most important work. Bethlehem Steel Company repaired the structure to its original design in 1957, after it was heavily damaged by a flood two years previous. The Northampton Street Bridge has been designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers. [HAER_data]
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| HAER PA,48-EATO,15--1 1. GENERAL VIEW, LOOKING SOUTH FROM WEST BANK OF THE DELAWARE RIVER. - Northampton Street Bridge, Spanning Delaware River at Northampton Street (U.S. Route 22 Alternate), Easton, Northampton County, PA |
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| DRJTBC "The bridge was designed and built by Timothy Palmer, one of the foremost bridge builders of his time. Palmer’s covered bridge at Easton endured many floods and storms while other bridges fell. However, by the late nineteenth century, when horse-drawn streetcars were replaced by trolley cars, the old wooden bridge could no longer handle the demands of traffic and a new structure was erected. The new bridge was designed by James Madison Porter III, a graduate of nearby Lafayette College with a degree in civil engineering, who hailed from a family long prominent in Easton and Pennsylvania history. The Northampton Street Toll Supported Bridge sustained major damage during Hurricane Diane when floodwaters, 44 ft above normal water level, topped the roadway of the Northampton Street Bridge on August 19, 1955. Repairs carried out over the next two years made the bridge useable but the flood damage left a readily apparent sag in the center span that remains today. Another series of improvements were completed in the Summer of 2002 and included structural steel repair and replacement, painting, and the replacement and installation of sidewalk decking and new pedestrian railings The bridge is currently posted for a three-ton weight limit and a fifteen mile per hour speed limit." [I wonder if the webpage has been updated since the 2023 rehabilitation and if the bridge is still limited to three tons and 15 mph.] |
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| Bob Dover posted The Northampton Street Bridge connects Easton, Pennsylvania to Philipsburg, New Jersey. The surprising and appealing feature of the bridge is the decoration of the towers and lampposts. Eyebar chains and composite girders are decorative wherever you find them because the individual components can be shaped into complex geometric patterns. Added to these are elongated, lattice-like finials on the tops of the towers. On the top chord over the middle of the roadway, a frieze displays gilded allegorical figures of Liberty and Prosperity on either side of a heraldic shield, which sits over a gilded plaque reading “1795-1895.” Another gilded plaque on the lower horizontal support shows the significance of these dates, with 1795 being the date of incorporation of the Delaware Bridge Company, and the bridge construction in 1895 marking the centenary of the company. The lampposts are nicely-shaped, frosted-glass globes sitting on decorative black iron bases. The bridge carries two lanes of traffic on a steel mesh deck and has wide sidewalks on both sides, outside of the truss. I provided an extensive description of a tour of the bridges of the upper Delaware River in Chapter 9 of my book, Bridgespotting Part 2: A Guide to Even More Bridges that Connect People, Places, and Times. There are photos of most of the bridges, including the Northampton Street Bridge, posted on www.bridgespotting.com. [Upper Delaware River Bridges] |
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| Street View, Jul 2019 |
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| 1 Hanukkah with moon. Photo Credit: Justin Bowers |
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| 2 Easton High School colors. Photo Credit: Justin Bowers |
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| 3 Default white color. Photo Credit: Justin Bowers |
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| 4 Phillipsburg High School Colors. Photo Credit: Justin Bowers |
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| 5 Christmas with drone. Photo Credit: Justin Bowers |
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| Derrick Johnson, Oct 2021 |
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| Eastern Rails Photography posted The Norfolk Southern OCS is on the way to Augusta with the Southern & Virginian heritage motors up front as it crosses the Catawba River into Rock Hill, SC on a beautiful April afternoon. 4/2/24 |
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| David Bishop, Jul 2021 |
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| 1941 Spartanburg Quad @ 250,000 |
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| Chicago & North Western Historical Society posted What an interesting bridge! This one crosses the Fox River (of Wisconsin) at De Pere, Wisconsin. This is an Ed Selinsky photo taken in April 1958. Kurt Schlieter: This connected the C&NW on the west side of the Fox river with the Milwaukee Road tracks on the East side. There is still a spur on the west side which goes through DePere from the now CN line to the mill, where this photo was taken from. On the east side, there is a small section of bridge going from the city to the island. |
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| Kim Potaracke commented on the above post no date |
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| 1956 De Pere Quad @ 24,000 |
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| Don Pirolo Flickr, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (CC BY-NC) Intracoastal Waterway at Algiers Lock A little bit of everything. The intracoastal waterway with miscellaneous cargos, the Algiers lock, the Mississippi River, the Valero Meraux refinery and an Algiers neighborhood. It sure looks like the water level in the intracoastal is higher than that neighborhood. |
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| Mar 19, 2024: USACE, New Orleans District posted The first tow locking through Algiers Lock upon the completion of the 58 day emergency dewatering in late 2023. Last year's lock dewatering came in under budget and schedule to restore navigation on the Gulf Intercoastal Water Way (GIWW) for shallow draft navigation. Algiers Lock is located on the west bank of the Mississippi River at mile 88 above Head of Passes. Photo by – David Smith [It is disturbing that the USACE would spell it Intercoastal instead of Intracoastal. It is one thing for a general publication to spell it incorrectly, it is another for the USACE to make that mistake. This is also the first time I've seen waterway spelled as two words.] Brandon Hayes: So is the long wall now fixed or is it still completely unusable? US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District: Brandon Hayes The long wall is still off limits to vessels for berthing. A contract is being awarded to replace the former dolphin and damaged guidewall. Gary Davis: Brandon Hayes bingo you guessed it. Not fixed. |
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| Jul 7, 2024: WaterwaysJournal_allision, Photos courtesy of New Orleans Engineer District "About 6 p.m. on July 4, a towing vessel pushing a loaded barge entered Algiers Lock in New Orleans from the Mississippi River, bound for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW), when it allided with the lock’s canal-end sector gates....According to Landry, the towboat captain reported to the Algiers lockmaster that a surge of water from the wake of a passing ship pushed the tow into the gate." They could afford to push the closure back until mid-September, and the closure would last 45 to 60 days. One reason to delay the closure is to allow planning and preparation for the repairs. Another is that the Harvey Lock was closed due to low levels on the Mississippi River. Since this lock would have to close if the river level rises and gets close to the 10' gash in the gate, the Harvey Lock should be able to open before this lock closes. But the Harvey Lock is smaller than the Algiers Lock. A third reason is to try to remain open as long as possible during the hurricane season to support evacuation of the area. |
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| USACE, New Orleans District posted The last fully operational World War II Landing Ship Tank (LST) USS LST-325, currently a museum/memorial ship that docks in Evansville, Ind., passes through the Algiers Lock en route to a shipyard in Texas for repairs. The Algiers Lock, which was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1956, is located just below New Orleans, La., on the west bank of the Mississippi River at mile 88 above Head of Passes. This lock provides an alternate waterway connection from the Mississippi River to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) at mile 6 west of the Harvey Lock. (Courtesy photo by Robert Swayze) |
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| Bob Poortinga commented on John Starzyk's post below South Gary crossing where the NKP crossed the NYC Joliet Branch. Photo courtesy of Wayne Hudak. I believe the photo is looking east with a westbound on the Joliet Branch. |
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| John Starzyk commented on his post Here’s an early map of some of the Fr in gary |
