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Sparkill Creek Drawbridge | |
The drawbridge in 2013 | |
| Location | Bridge Street over Sparkill Creek, Piermont, New York |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 41°2′15″N 73°54′57″W / 41.03750°N 73.91583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1880 |
| Architect | King Iron Bridge Co. |
| Architectural style | Pratt Pony Truss |
| NRHP reference No. | 85000658[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 28, 1985 |
The Sparkill Creek Drawbridge is a historic Pratt pony truss-style drawbridge located at Piermont in Rockland County, New York. Built in 1880 by the King Iron Bridge Company of Cleveland, it is a metal single-leaf 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. After a complete dismantling and restoration was completed in 2009 by the Rockland County Highway Department for $900,000, the structure now serves solely as a pedestrian bridge.
- King Iron Bridge Company historic marker
- The drawbridge in 1994
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ↑ Raymond Smith (March 1984). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York SP Sparkill Creek Drawbridge. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 23, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)
External links
[edit]- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NY-289, "Sparkill Creek Drawbridge, Spanning Sparkill Creek at Bridge Street, Piermont, Rockland County, NY", 6 photos
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state)
- Historic American Engineering Record in New York (state)
- Bridges completed in 1880
- Bridges in Rockland County, New York
- Pedestrian bridges in New York (state)
- Former road bridges in the United States
- National Register of Historic Places in Rockland County, New York
- Iron bridges in the United States
- Pratt truss bridges in the United States
- 1880 establishments in New York (state)
- King Bridge Company
- Moveable bridges on the National Register of Historic Places
- Piermont, New York
- Rockland County, New York Registered Historic Place stubs
- New York (state) bridge (structure) stubs