Eagle Rock Phoenix Column Truss
This is an image set within the Bridgemeister collection.
| Bridge: | Eagle Rock Phoenix Column Truss |
| Location: | Eagle Rock, Virginia, USA - Craig Creek |
| Coordinates: | 37.649092 N 79.831078 W |
| Maps: | Acme, GeoHack, Google, OpenStreetMap |
| Image Set Contributor: | David Denenberg |
| Date of Images: | June 11, 2004 |
| Related Image Lists: | All from David Denenberg All in Virginia All in USA All Truss Bridges |
| Credit: | All photos by David Denenberg. Please do not reuse without permission. |
Originally used on a spur of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, this historic truss was completed in 1887. It employs "Phoenix columns" for the compression members. In Great American Bridges And Dams, Donald Jackson describes the Phoenix column: "Made of wrought-iron segments rolled along a circular arc and riveted together, this type of column was strong but did not connect easily with other structural members and was eventually abandoned."
