Sparkill Creek Drawbridge
The Sparkill Creek Drawbridge is a historic Pratt Pony Truss drawbridge located at Piermont in Rockland County, New York. It was built in 1880 by the King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and is a single-leaf movable metal bridge. Chains can lift the bridge when an operator turns a crank, helped by counterweights. It spans Sparkill Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River.
The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 and documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1994.
A complete dismantling and restoration for $900,000 was completed in 2009 and the bridge now serves as solely a pedestrian bridge. The Rockland County Highway Department was responsible for this historic restoration.
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King Iron Bridge Historic Marker -
The Sparkill Creek Drawbridge in 1994
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See also
- Rockland Road Bridge
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York (state)
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Raymond Smith (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sparkill Creek Drawbridge". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-05-31. See also: "Accompanying five photos".
External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-289, "Sparkill Creek Drawbridge, Spanning Sparkill Creek at Bridge Street, Piermont, Rockland County, NY", 6 photos
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