I'm looking as to any information on the structures at the Riverside Junction area.
There are numerous things in the Riverside Jct. area that I find striking. One is that 3 major Railroads came through here, there was an BR&P interlocking tower, a double diamond, a B&O double bridge that still exists, and also just north of here at Carrollton, NY, within view, is a very skewed bridge that is a combination of 3 heavy-looking through truss spans and 2 plate girder spans. I guess I'm finding it interesting to take a walk up in this area and capture a few photos of the area as there seemed to be so much going on in one little area. My thoughts are with 3 major railroads, there must be a little more on the history than I am able to dig up.
I have just a question as to builders plates, I've seen them usually at both ends of a bridge and overhead...is there anywhere else they may have put them I should be looking for them at?
There was a bridge that appears to have had a trussel prior to the abutment of this bridge that crossed the Allegheny River and south into Limestone, NY that was part of the Erie LIne. I guess what I find interesting about this Junction, is that there were 3 railroads at this exact point.
The Bradford branch of the Erie Railroad (NYLE&W), the Salamanca Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Baltimore & Ohio (BR&P) that intersected at this point. The Erie and B&O ran parallel to each other, north & south, and the PRR crossed to the east to west, over the B&O and Erie lines. There was as it appears a double diamond at this location where there the PRR crossed the B&O and Erie along with an interlocking tower that BR&P (B&O) had put up previously.
Some information states that the interlocking tower was built between 1913-1914, but according to the Public Utilities Reports of 1919, BR&P was approved Aug 29, 1918 for the installation of a interlocking plant with signals, switches, and derails at Riverside Junction to govern the crossing of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway, The Erie Railroad, and the Pennsylvania Railroad. This kind of leaves me in some conflict as to the build of the tower. One bridge, the double diamond, and Interlocking tower are long since gone.
There are numerous things in the Riverside Jct. area that I find striking. One is that 3 major Railroads came through here, there was an BR&P interlocking tower, a double diamond, a B&O double bridge that still exists, and also just north of here at Carrollton, NY, within view, is a very skewed bridge that is a combination of 3 heavy-looking through truss spans and 2 plate girder spans. I guess I'm finding it interesting to take a walk up in this area and capture a few photos of the area as there seemed to be so much going on in one little area. My thoughts are with 3 major railroads, there must be a little more on the history than I am able to dig up.
I have just a question as to builders plates, I've seen them usually at both ends of a bridge and overhead...is there anywhere else they may have put them I should be looking for them at?
There was a bridge that appears to have had a trussel prior to the abutment of this bridge that crossed the Allegheny River and south into Limestone, NY that was part of the Erie LIne. I guess what I find interesting about this Junction, is that there were 3 railroads at this exact point.
The Bradford branch of the Erie Railroad (NYLE&W), the Salamanca Branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Baltimore & Ohio (BR&P) that intersected at this point. The Erie and B&O ran parallel to each other, north & south, and the PRR crossed to the east to west, over the B&O and Erie lines. There was as it appears a double diamond at this location where there the PRR crossed the B&O and Erie along with an interlocking tower that BR&P (B&O) had put up previously.
Some information states that the interlocking tower was built between 1913-1914, but according to the Public Utilities Reports of 1919, BR&P was approved Aug 29, 1918 for the installation of a interlocking plant with signals, switches, and derails at Riverside Junction to govern the crossing of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway, The Erie Railroad, and the Pennsylvania Railroad. This kind of leaves me in some conflict as to the build of the tower. One bridge, the double diamond, and Interlocking tower are long since gone.