Glendon Change Bridge
This is an image set within the Bridgemeister collection.
| Bridge: | Glendon Change Bridge |
| Location: | Glendon, Pennsylvania, USA - Lehigh River |
| Coordinates and Maps: | See related inventory record(s). |
| Image Set Contributor: | David Denenberg |
| Date of Images: | March 2007 |
| Related Suspension Bridge Inventory: | 1857 Change (Chain, Lehigh Canal Swinging, Wire Towing Path at Pool No. 8) - Glendon, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Related Image Lists: | All from David Denenberg All in Pennsylvania All in USA All Pedestrian Suspension Bridges |
| Credit: | All photos by David Denenberg. Please do not reuse without permission. |
I visited this bridge with Patrick S. O'Donnell in March of 2007. Neither of us had seen this bridge "close up" before and we were surprised to see twisted-strand cables on a bridge constructed in 1857 and we thought, perhaps, the cable had been upgraded at some point, but the National Park Service page for this bridge notes: "When built, the bridge was one of the early uses of stranded cable for bridge construction." The same page also describes the function of a Change Bridge: "a special structure with an underpass that allowed mules towing canal boats to move, cloverleaf style, from one side of the canal to the other without unhitching."
