Cleveland Division-Br.No. 2.22
Identifier |
wle18-098 |
Title |
Cleveland Division-Br.No. 2.22 |
Subject |
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Railroad bridges Truss bridges Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Cleveland Division Bridge Number 2.22 (Cleveland, Ohio) Swing bridges Cuyahoga River |
Creator |
Wheeling and Lake Erie Company |
Description |
Located 2.2 Mi. East of Ontario St. Station, Date Jan. 1, 1928
Picture No. 966 June 6, 1927 No. of tracks One Description Thru swing draw span with pile trestle approach at west end Length Pile trestle 67'2", Draw span 183 degrees Depth 53'8" Ground Formation Gravel Loading Class E-50 Foundation Piling Clearance F-7'0", M-16'0", L-0, H-19'6" (see diagram)
Detailed Description. Bents 5 pile bents and 1 frame bent Spacing of bents starting at West end 2 at 14', 3 at 13' Length and number of piling in each bent Starting at the West end 4 at 30', 5 at 35', 5 at 35', 5 at 40', 5 at 45', Frame bent 6 posts 8' high on bridge seat. Pile pier west end drawspan 31 piles 50' long. Penetration of piling 18' to 20' Masonry Stone masonry for double track Steel-Thru Draw Length 180' C.to C. Pins, for double track span Deck Ties trestle approach 51-8"x8"x10' Thru Draw Span 135-8"x8"x10' Walk center of trestle, south side Draw span Railing trestle - No; Draw span - yes. Sheet Iron Fire Protection - No. Steel guard rail 60# Stream Cuyahoga River Direction of Stream North Drainage Area Nearest Siding 0.069 Mi. West Track Notes Align. Tangent Grade 0.15 Susceptible to No flood Date Built Draw Span 1895 Trestle stringers 1925 Remarks: |
Location Depicted |
Flats (Cleveland, Ohio) |
Milepost |
2.2 |
Division |
Cleveland |
WLE Number |
966 |
Time Period |
Reform and Challenges: 1900-1929 |
Date Original |
1927-06-06 |
Object Type |
black-and-white photographs |
Digital Collection |
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad Collection |
Copyright |
http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/ |
Format |
Jpeg |
Language |
English |
Box |
18 |
Folio |
098 |
Repository |
Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections. |
Repository Collection |
Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad collection |
Repository Homepage |
http://library.csuohio.edu/speccoll/index.html |
Digital Publisher |
Cleveland Memory Project |
Further Reading |
http://hlneogis.ulib.csuohio.edu/chronology.asp?id=CUY0028 |
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