Canton Viaduct
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Canton Viaduct is a historic 19th-century stone railroad viaduct in Canton, Massachusetts, notable as one of the oldest surviving multiple-arch masonry viaducts in the United States.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Canton Viaduct canonical | 2 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historic civil engineering structure
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masonry arch bridge ⓘ railroad viaduct ⓘ stone viaduct ⓘ |
| architect | Alexander Birnie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builder | Baltimore and Ohio Railroad contractors ⓘ |
| carries |
Northeast Corridor
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railroad tracks ⓘ |
| category |
Bridges completed in 1835
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Railroad bridges in Massachusetts ⓘ Stone bridges in the United States ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1834 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| crosses |
East Branch Neponset River
NERFINISHED
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viaduct valley in Canton ⓘ |
| designatedBy | American Society of Civil Engineers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineer |
George Washington Whistler
NERFINISHED
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William Gibbs McNeill NERFINISHED ⓘ William H. Swift NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFunction | rail transport ⓘ |
| hasHeritageStatus | historic structure ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
granite parapet walls
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solid spandrel arches ⓘ |
| height | approximately 70 feet ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
Massachusetts Historic Civil Engineering Landmark
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National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | 1835 ⓘ |
| length | approximately 615 feet ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Norfolk County, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | Eastern Time Zone ⓘ |
| location | Canton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | Amtrak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material | granite ⓘ |
| near | Canton Junction station NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the oldest surviving multiple-arch masonry railroad viaducts in the United States ⓘ |
| numberOfArches | 21 ⓘ |
| openingDate | 1835 ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Amtrak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Boston–Providence railroad line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| railLine | Northeast Corridor main line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | Massachusetts ⓘ |
| stillInUse | true ⓘ |
| structureType | multiple-arch viaduct ⓘ |
| trackConfiguration | double-track ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Amtrak
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MBTA Commuter Rail NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Canton, Massachusetts
subject surface form:
Canton, Massachusetts