Ward-Thomas Museum
Railroad Bridges — Niles, Ohio
Ward — Thomas
Museum
Home of the Niles Historical Society
503 Brown Street Niles, Ohio 44446
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Niles-Alliance railroad covered bridge over the Mahoning River. It was built in the late 1880's. Later the bridge became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. |
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Photographs taken in 2011 of the iron bridge over Meander Creek. This historic bridge was incorporated into part of the Niles Bike Trail. |
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View of dam across Mosquito Creek. Erie Railroad Bridge that crosses the Mosquito Creek near Robbins and Mahoning Avenues. |
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construction of the bridge that carries Robbins Avenue traffic
across Mosquito Creek. The new bridge was completed in late 2013. The previous bridge had been erected in 1953. In the background is the Erie Railroad overpass which also was built in 1953. |
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