Sparkill Creek Drawbridge

United States historic place

The Sparkill Creek Drawbridge is a historic Pratt Pony Truss drawbridge located at Piermont in Rockland County, New York. It was built in 1880 by the King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio, and is a single-leaf movable metal bridge. Chains can lift the bridge when an operator turns a crank, helped by counterweights. It spans Sparkill Creek, a tributary of the Hudson River.^[2]

The bridge was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985^[1] and documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1994.

A complete dismantling and restoration for $900,000 was completed in 2009 and the bridge now serves as solely a pedestrian bridge. The Rockland County Highway Department was responsible for this historic restoration.

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  King Iron Bridge Historic Marker
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  The Sparkill Creek Drawbridge in 1994

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York (state)

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Raymond Smith (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Sparkill Creek Drawbridge". New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2010-05-31. See also: "Accompanying five photos".

External links

• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-289, "Sparkill Creek Drawbridge, Spanning Sparkill Creek at Bridge Street, Piermont, Rockland County, NY", 6 photos