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Tioronda Bridge, South Avenue spanning Fishkill Creek, Beacon, Dutchess County, NY

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Summary

Significance: A rare surviving example of the iron "bowstring" arch truss bridge patented by Glass, Schneider, and Rezner on December 10, 1867, (Patent No. 71,868) and built by the Ohio Bridge Company, Cleveland, Ohio). Bridge utilizes the skewback (foot block) patented by Rezner on July 1872, (Patent No. 128,509). The Tioronda Bridge is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-37

Survey number: HAER NY-168

Building/structure dates: 1873 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1955 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 76001213

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Ohio Bridge Company
Rezner, William B
Glass, John
Schneider, George P
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Beacon (N.Y.) ,  41.51881, -73.90970
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Library of Congress
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No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

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vehicular bridges beacon ny tioronda bridge tioronda bridge south avenue fishkill fishkill creek beacon dutchess county new york john glass historic american engineering record ohio bridge company william b rezner george p schneider photo ultra high resolution high resolution library of congress national register of historic places