Bellows Falls Arch Bridge,North Walpole,Cheshire County,New Hampshire,NH,HAER
Title: Bellows Falls Arch Bridge, Spanning Connecticut River, North Walpole, Cheshire County, NH
Creator(s): Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Related Names:
Boston & Maine Railroad
Snow
Worcester, J R
Joseph A. Ross & Sons
American Bridge Company
Louis A. Shoemaker & Company
Jackson, Donald C , project manager
Society for Industrial Archaeology , sponsor
New Hampshire Department of Public Works & Highways , sponsor
Lowe, Jet T , photographer
Prevoort, Roger , historian
Anderson, Richard K , delineator
Date Created/Published: Documentation compiled after 1968
Medium: Photo(s): 23
Measured Drawing(s): 3
Data Page(s): 7
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Notes:
Significance: When built, the bridge was the longest single span highway bridge in the U.S. and is was among the largest three-hinged arch bridges in the world. The structure has also played an important role in socio-economic development of the Bellows Falls and North Walpole.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-1
Survey number: HAER NH-6
Building/structure dates: 1904- 1905 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1936 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1961 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1971 Subsequent Work
Building/structure dates: 1982 Demolished
Subjects:
steel arch bridges
bridge construction
Civil engineering
Transportation
economic development
urban growth
railroad companies
pedestrian bridges
vehicular bridges
Place:
New Hampshire -- Cheshire County -- North Walpole
Latitude/Longitude: 43.13889, -72.44861
Bookmark /nh0001/
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