Spengler Bridge Explained

Spengler Bridge
Nearest City:Chatham, New York
Coordinates:42.4308°N -73.5997°W
Built:1880
Architect:Morse Bridge Co.
Architecture:Pratt truss
Added:February 23, 1973
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:73001172

Spengler Bridge, named after Henry Cones Spengler (26 Feb 1847 - 25 Aug 1911), Chatham County Highway Commissioner, is a historic Pratt Truss bridge located at Chatham in Columbia County, New York. It was built in 1880 by the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio. It is composed of two Pratt trusses with counters, each 138 feet in length. It measures 16 feet wide and crosses the Kinderhook Creek.[1]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Registration: Spengler Bridge. December 1972. 2010-06-26 . Lynn B. Weaver . Doris Manley . Paul Huey . amp . New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. See also: Web site: Accompanying three photos.