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Cleveland Division-Br.No. 2.22
Cleveland Division-Br.No. 2.22
Identifierwle18-098
TitleCleveland Division-Br.No. 2.22
CreatorWheeling and Lake Erie Company
DescriptionLocated 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:
SubjectWheeling 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
Milepost2.2
DivisionCleveland
WLE Number966
Original Date1927-06-06
Time PeriodReform and Challenges: 1900-1929
Location DepictedFlats (Cleveland, Ohio)
Object Typeblack-and-white photographs
LanguageEnglish
RepositoryCleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Repository CollectionWheeling and Lake Erie Railroad collection
Box18
Folio098
Repository Homepagehttp://web.ulib.csuohio.edu/SpecColl/
Digital PublisherCleveland Memory Project
Copyrighthttp://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/
FormatJpeg
Further Readinghttp://hlneogis.ulib.csuohio.edu/chronology.asp?id=CUY0028
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