Rail Bridge, Northfield, Massachusetts

Rail bridge at Northfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates 42°42′22.40″N 72°27′33″W / 42.7062222°N 72.45917°WCoordinates: 42°42′22.40″N 72°27′33″W / 42.7062222°N 72.45917°W
Carries New England Central Railroad and Amtrak Vermonter
Crosses Connecticut River
Locale Northfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts
Characteristics
Design Deck truss bridge
Material Metal truss, on masonry piers
Number of spans 4
Piers in water 3
History
Construction end 1903

The rail crossing of the Connecticut River (United States) at this location originates from the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad. The V&MRR was chartered in 1844 and completed an extension between Millers Falls, Massachusetts and Brattleboro, Vermont by 1850. Alvah Crocker, a paper and railroad magnate and U.S. Representative, was the first president of the V&MRR.[1] Initially, the V&MRR was operated by Crocker's Fitchburg Railroad.

This rail bridge is used by Amtrak's Vermonter passenger service.

Notes

^ A: Please place direct quotations from cited book here - then reference them in text above with Cref.
^ B: United States Geological Survey topographic map showing the bridge as the New London Northern Railroad bridge. [2]
^ C: United States Geological Survey topographic map showing the bridge as the Central Vermont Railway bridge. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Wheelwright, William Bond (1981) [1923]. Life and Times of Alvah Crocker. Ayer Publishing. ISBN 0-405-13822-9.
  2. ↑ "USGS 15 minute Warwick, Massachusetts topographic map (North-West corner)" (JPEG). University of New Hampshire Library. 1887-1894, reprinted 1915. Retrieved 2008-07-29. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ "USGS 7.5 minute Northfield, Massachusetts topographic map (South-West corner)" (JPEG). University of New Hampshire Library. 1936, printed 1941. Retrieved 2008-07-29. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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