This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.
(flume bridge)
Proctor, Vermont, USA - Otter Creek
| Bridgemeister ID: | 1692 (added 2005-03-27) |
| Name: | (flume bridge) |
| Location: | Proctor, Vermont, USA |
| Crossing: | Otter Creek |
| At or Near Feature: | Sutherland Falls |
| Use: | Flume |
| Status: | Removed |
| Main Cables: | Wire |
Notes:
- The postcard presented here doesn't show much, but other photos show a large wood-shingled tower at one end of the bridge. The bridge was likely completed in the late 1800s.
- Robert Ratti provided the following information: "it was a carrier of marble slurry from the Vermont Marble Co. and ended in the swamp nearby... In 1936, I lived right at the end of the swamp and climbed on that waste carrier many times."
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