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Putnam Street Bridge, Spanning Muskingum River, Marietta, Washington County, OH

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Putnam Street Bridge, Spanning Muskingum River, Marietta, Washington County, OH

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Significance: The bridge, built in 1800, was the first free bridge crossing the Muskingum River is Marietta, Ohio. That bridge was swept away in the 1913 flood. The present Putnam Street Swing bridge was built on the same stone masonry piers/abutments. Although the swing span is inoperable, it is one of four remaining swing bridges in Ohio.
Survey number: HAER OH-117

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Date

1969 - 1980
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Historic American Engineering Record, creator
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West Marietta39.41535, -81.45484
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