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2. Whipple Cast and Wrought Iron Bowstring Truss Bridge

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   Eventually the city of Albany bought the farm, using it as a park, a training facility and stables for police horses and an environmental education center. Early in the 21st century it had to close the bridge to vehicles and to all traffic during the winter months [5] when some small cracks were detected during an inspection. In 2012 the city ...

3. Foxcatcher Farm Covered Bridge - Wikipedia

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   The bridge crosses Big Elk Creek and is surrounded by the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area, the former land holdings of William du Pont Jr. The crossing was originally called Strahorn's Mill Bridge [2] after Strahorn's Mill - one of the properties purchased by William du Pont Jr. in 1927 to create his Foxcatcher Farm estate, which was named after his thoroughbred racing stable.

4. Skew Arch Bridge (Reading, Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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   The Skew Arch Bridge in Reading, Pennsylvania, also known as the Askew Bridge and nicknamed the Soap and Whiskey Bridge, is an historic skew arch bridge that was completed in 1857. Its design enabled it to carry two tracks of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad (P&R) at an angle over Sixth Street in Reading, Berks County , Pennsylvania .

5. County Farm Bridge (Wilton, New Hampshire) - Wikipedia

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   Old County Farm Road was the main access road to the Hillsborough County Poor Farm, and is now an unmaintained class 6 road. The bridge consists of a single stone arch with a span just under 18 feet (5.5 m). It is lined with cut granite voussoirs 18 inches (46 cm) thick. The arch begins on land 7 feet (2.1 m) above the water, and the arch rises ...

6. Elie Aghnides - Wikipedia

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   Elie Prodromou Aghnides (1901–1988) was a Greek engineer and inventor, best known for his invention of the faucet aerator. He was born in Istanbul , Ottoman Empire, in 1901. He had three siblings: Nicholas Aghnides, a former professor at Columbia University ; Thanasis Aghnides, a Greek ambassador and undersecretary to the United Nations in ...

7. Henniger Farm Covered Bridge - Wikipedia

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   The Henninger Farm Covered Bridge, also known as Dauphin County Bridge No. 43, is an historic covered bridge spanning Wiconisco Creek in Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The only remaining covered bridge located wholly in Dauphin County, [ 2 ] it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.