Pursuits : Elizabeth Thomsen » Bridges http://www.ethomsen.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:56:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc The Moseley Arch http://www.ethomsen.com/bridges/the-moseley-arch/ http://www.ethomsen.com/bridges/the-moseley-arch/#comments Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:49:36 +0000 Elizabeth Thomsen http://ethomsen.com/blog/?p=78 Continue reading →]]> Moseley Arch, Merrimack CollegeThe Moseley Arch, also known as the Upper Pacific Mills Bridge, is a historic, riveted, wrought iron bridge, is now located on the campus of Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts. It was originally built in 1864 over the North Canal in Lawrence, Massachusetts to carry workers and supplies to the mill. It is the oldest iron bridge in Massachusetts and the oldest riveted wrought-iron bridges in the country.

Links

  • Moseley Wrought Iron Arch Bridge — Drawings, photographs and report from the Historic American Engineering Record
  • Merrimack Tour Booklet — The story of the rescue and reconstruction of this historic bridge by Professor Francis Griggs of Merrimack’s Civil Engineering Department and the students, alumni, faculty, staff and friend of Merrimack College is told on pages 20-21 of this guidebook.
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