CANAL AQUEDUCT
- Program
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- Location
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- Grant Recipient
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Historic Transportation
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Industry & Commerce, Site
- 5 Main St, High Falls, NY 12740, USA
- 41.827301, -74.127342
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D&H Canal Historical Society
CANAL AQUEDUCT
Inscription
CANAL AQUEDUCTCABLE SUSPENSION BRIDGE BUILT
BY JOHN A. ROEBLING IN 1849.
CARRIED D&H CANAL OVER
RONDOUT CREEK. DESTROYED BY
FIRE CA. 1916. 500 FT. NORTH.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2024
One of the earliest wire suspension structures constructed carried the Delaware & Hudson Canal over Rondout Creek. Only 5 suspension aqueducts were built, all by John A. Roebling. The High Falls single-span aqueduct replaced a two-arch stone aqueduct. Begun in 1849, construction was completed by mid-1850 at a cost of $45,406.09. While the bridge was destroyed by fire in 1916, both abutments are in good condition and demonstrate Roebling’s revolutionary suspension technology, still used in bridge construction today.
