Feeder Dam Bridge Explained

Feeder Dam Bridge
Location:	Towpath Road over the Eel River, north of Clay City, Harrison Township and Sugar Ridge Township, Clay County, Indiana
Coordinates:	39.3358°N -87.1136°W
Builder:	Hunt, C. F., Company
Architecture:	Whipple through truss
Added:	March 15, 2000
Area:	less than one acre
Refnum:	00000215

Feeder Dam Bridge, also known as the Eel River Bridge and Clay County Bridge No. 208, is a historic Whipple through truss bridge located in Harrison Township and Sugar Ridge Township, Clay County, Indiana. It was built in 1894 and carries Towpath Road over the Eel River. It consists of a single 206adj=midNaNadj=mid span and rests on stone abutments.^[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Indiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) . Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology . Searchable database . 2015-08-01. Note: This includes Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Feeder Dam Bridge . 2015-09-01 . Warner . John . PDF . June 1999. and accompanying photographs.