Fink-Type Truss Bridge

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Fink-Type Truss Bridge
Fink Through-Truss Bridge, Hunterdon County Government Complex (moved to), Flemington vicinity, Hunterdon County (New Jersey).jpg
Fink-Type Truss Bridge in 1971.
Fink-Type Truss Bridge is located in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Fink-Type Truss Bridge
Nearest cityClinton Township, New Jersey
Coordinates40°36′14″N 74°54′08″W / 40.60389°N 74.90222°W / 40.60389; -74.90222Coordinates: 40°36′14″N 74°54′08″W / 40.60389°N 74.90222°W / 40.60389; -74.90222
Area0 acres (0 ha)
Built1857
ArchitectTrenton Locomotive & Machine Manufacturing Co.
Architectural styleFink truss
NRHP reference No.74001161[1]
NJRHP No.1578[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 24, 1974
Designated NJRHPNovember 20, 1974

The Fink-Type Truss Bridge was located in the Allerton section of Clinton Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. The bridge was built in 1857 by the Trenton Locomotive and Machine Manufacturing Company. It consisted of a single-span through truss 100 feet (30 m) long, 15 feet (4.6 m) wide, and 19 feet (5.8 m) high.[3]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 24, 1974. At the time of its nomination, it was one of the earliest surviving iron truss bridges in the United States.[4] The Fink truss bridge was patented by Albert Fink in 1854, and the Hunterdon county bridge, built 3 years later, was a nearly perfect example of the patented design.[4] It collapsed as a result of an automobile collision in 1978. The remaining pieces were subsequently relocated to the Hunterdon County Government Center, where they were documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1984.[3]

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Hunterdon County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. April 1, 2010. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2006. Retrieved September 15, 2010.
  3. ^ a b Murphy, Kevin (June 1984). "Fink Through-Truss Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places - Nomination Form". National Register of Historic Places. December 24, 1974. Retrieved July 21, 2021.

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Media related to Fink Through-Truss Bridge at Wikimedia Commons

  • Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NJ-18, "Fink Through-Truss Bridge", 14 photos, 6 measured drawings, 18 data pages, 2 photo caption pages


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