Description for Waterville Bridge Over Swatara Creek in Pennsylvania
Description by ga2me9603
The AT crosses Waterville Bridge over Swatara Creek in Section 6 of the trail in Pennsylvania. This lenticular truss bridge was designed and manufactured by Berlin Iron Bridge Company of East Berlin, Connecticut, and built in 1890. It was relocated from Waterville in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, to Swatara State Park in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in 1985, and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
(Sources for the above information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterville_Bridge and www.past-inc.org/bibco/)
This is a view of the bridge headed north on the trail.
Photo taken 11:22 a.m. Saturday, August 7, 2010.
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