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This bridge is an extremely rare surviving example of a bridge built by the notable Variety Iron Works. The company had purchased the Buckeye Bridge Works a year before this bridge was built, and the plaque on the bridge is in the form of a Buckeye Bridge Works plaque. Other details such as the latticed top chord (no cover plate), the pedimented struts, and design of the lattice portal bracing are all in the standard Variety Iron Works format.
The bridge has rare Oliver brands on some of the channel.
This bridge is one of the best preserved and few surviving examples of the Variety Iron Works. This company was true to its name, with bridges only being a portion of the structures fabricated by the company. This bridge displays design details typical for the company including the pedimented struts, lattice instead of cover plate on the top chord, lattice portal bracing, built-up fishbelly floor beams, and gas pipe railings that pass through the vertical members.
Lengths given are estimates. The bridge owned by the Lancaster Mennonite School and not on the National Bridge Inventory.
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