The New Hampton Pony Pratt Truss Bridge is a historic
pony Pratt truss bridge on Shoddy Mill Road in
New Hampton of
Lebanon Township,
Hunterdon County,
New Jersey. It crosses the
Musconetcong River between Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County and
Washington Township,
Warren County. It was designed by Francis C. Lowthorp and built in 1868 by William Cowin of
Lambertville, New Jersey.
The bridge was added to the
National Register of Historic Places on July 26, 1977 for its significance in engineering, industry and transportation. It is one of the few early examples of iron Pratt truss bridges remaining in the United States.
[ With ] It was later documented by the
Historic American Engineering Record in 1991.
It was added as a
contributing property
In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distri ...
to the
New Hampton Historic District
The New Hampton Historic District is a historic district in the village of New Hampton, Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on April 6, 1998, for its significance i ...
on April 6, 1998.
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Description
The New Hampton bridge is one of three remaining composite
cast iron and
wrought iron Pratt truss bridges built by Cowin in New Jersey. The others are the
Glen Gardner Pony Pratt Truss Bridge (1870) in
Glen Gardner and the
Main Street Bridge (1870) in
Clinton
Clinton is an English toponymic surname, indicating one's ancestors came from English places called Glympton or Glinton.Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. ''A Dictionary of Surnames''. Oxford University Press, 1988 Clinton has frequently been used as a given ...
. The single-span bridge is long and wide.
Its end posts are vertical, octagonal iron tubes topped square decorative caps.
Gallery
File:Shoddy Mill Road Bridge, New Hampton, NJ - looking south.jpg, View from Rymon Road, Washington Township, Warren County
File:Shoddy Mill Road Bridge, New Hampton, NJ - crossing the Musconetcong River.jpg, Crossing the Musconetcong River
File:Shoddy Mill Road Bridge, New Hampton, NJ - end post detail.jpg, End post detail
File:VIEW LOOKING WEST ACROSS BRIDGE FROM EAST END - New Hampton Bridge, Spanning Musconetcong River, New Hampton, Hunterdon County, NJ HAER NJ,10-HAMP.V,1-3 crop.jpg, HAER view in 1991
See also
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Warren County, New Jersey
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey
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List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
References
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Lebanon Township, New Jersey
Washington Township, Warren County, New Jersey
Pratt truss bridges in the United States
National Register of Historic Places in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, New Jersey
Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
Historic district contributing properties in New Jersey
Historic district contributing properties in Hunterdon County, New Jersey
Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New Jersey
Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Bridges completed in 1868
1868 establishments in New Jersey
Iron bridges in the United States
Bridges over the Musconetcong River