Tinkers Creek Aqueduct

Infobox Bridge
bridge_name = Tinkers Creek Aqueduct


caption = Tinkers Creek Aqueduct
official_name = Tinkers Creek Aqueduct
carries = Ohio and Erie Canal
crosses = Tinkers Creek (Cuyahoga River)
locale = Canal Road and Tinkers Creek Road, Valley View, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
maint = National Park Service, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
id =
designer = 1905 re-build engineers: C.E. Perkins, Columbus; T.D.P., Akroncite web | title=Improvement of the Northern Division of the Ohio Canal (1905) | publisher=Cleveland Memory, Cleveland State University Libraries | url=http://www.clevelandmemory.org/SpecColl/canal/unrau174.htm | format=HTML]
design =
material = wood deck and sides, steel trusses over Ashlar-sandstone piers
spans = 2
pierswater = 1
mainspan =
length = Overall (including approaches): convert|90|ft|m [cite web | title=Towpath Trail bridge finished | publisher=Ohio.Com of Akron Beacon Journal | url=http://www.ohio.com/lifestyle/ohio_travel/9080546.html | format=HTML] Each span: about convert|40|ft|m
width = Interior: convert|22|ft|mcite web | title=Tinkers Creek Aqueduct drawing | publisher=Cleveland Memory, Cleveland State University Libraries | url=http://www.clevelandmemory.org/SpecColl/canal/unrau175.htm | format=JPG]
height =
load = convert|16500|lb|kg per running convert|1|ft|m
clearance = Unlimited [Tinkers Creek Aqueduct on the Ohio and Erie Canal has no overhead structural members, so has unlimited overhead clearance; elsewhere along the Ohio and Erie Canal, other overhead bridges, overhead power lines and trees limit vertical clearance.]
below = convert|0|ft|m
traffic =
begin = 1826
complete = 1827 Re-built: 1845 and 1905cite web | title=Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail Tour, Tinkers Creek Aquaduct | publisher=National Park Service, Cuyahoga Valley National Park | url=http://www.nps.gov/archive/cuva/visitonline/towpathtour/tinkers.htm | format=HTML]
open = 1827 until 1913 flood subsequent disuse 2007-? reconstruction project
closed =
toll =
map_cue =
map_

map_text = Tinkers Creek Aqueduct area map
map_width =
coordinates = coord|41|21|53|N|81|36|32|W|region:US-OH_type:landmark|display=inline,title Elevation: convert|610|ft|mGnis|1073893]
lat =
long =

Infobox_nrhp2 | name = Tinkers Creek Aqueduct
nrhp_type = nhldcp
nhldcp = yes

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caption = Tinkers Creek Aqueduct [cite web
title = Historic Photograph of Tinkers Creek Aqueduct
publisher = National Park Service, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
url = http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/Cuyahoga/figure79.htm
format = JPEG] [cite web
title = Cuyahoga Valley National Park figures
publisher = National Park Service, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
url = http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/Cuyahoga/figureList.htm
format = HTML]
location= Valley View, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
lat_degrees = 41
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 53
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 81
long_minutes = 36
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
area =
built = 1825-1827; rebuilt 1845 and 1905
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other
mpsub=Ohio and Erie Canal TR
designated_nhld= November 13, 1966cite web | title=Ohio and Erie Canal TR Tinkers Creek Aqueduct | publisher=National Park Service, National Historic Landmarks Program | url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=442&ResourceType=District | format=HTML | accessdate= | work=National Historic Landmark summary listing]
added = November 13, 1966 (as part of NHLD) December 11, 1979 (separate)cite web
title=National Register Information System (NRIS), Ohio and Erie Canal TR
publisher=National Park Service
url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/
date=
work=National Register of Historic Places]
governing_body = National Park Service, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
refnum=66000607 (as part of NHLD), 79000296 (separate)

Tinkers Creek Aqueduct is an aqueduct that was constructed to bridge the Ohio and Erie Canal over Tinkers Creek near its confluence with the Cuyahoga River in Valley View, Ohio. It is a relatively-unique surviving example of an Ohio and Erie Canal aqueduct. It was originally constructed in 1825-1827 by, and re-built due to flood damage in 1845 and 1905. [cite web
title = Tinkers Creek Aqueduct blueprints and photos
publisher = U.S. Library of Congress
url = http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/oh/oh1600/oh1631/photos/
format = HTML] Tinkers Creek Aqueduct was included in a National Historic Landmark district established in 1966, and it was separately listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.cite web
title = National Register of Historic Places
publisher = National Park Service, Cuyahoga Valley National Park
url = http://www.nps.gov/archive/cuva/history/NatRegst.htm
format = HTML] citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000607.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Ohio and Erie Canal] |32 KB|date=February 28, 1975 |last=Mendinghall |first=Joseph S. |publisher=National Park Service] cite web
title = Ohio and Erie Canal application Tinkers Creek Aqueduct
publisher = National Park Service
url = http://www.nr.nps.gov/writeups/66000607.nl.pdf
format = PDF] The original Tinkers Creek Aqueduct was a wood plank, steel truss, and Ashlar-sandstone structure constructed in 1827, south of the present aqueduct's location. Cuyahoga River and Tinkers Creek flooding caused continual damage to the original aqueduct, so successive structures were built in 1845 and 1905 in the present location. Today, Tinkers Creek Aqueduct is the only aqueduct which remains of the four original aqueducts in the Cuyahoga Valley. Of Furnace Run Aqueduct, Mill Creek Aqueduct, Peninsula Aqueduct, and (? Yellow Creek ?) Aqueduct; Mill Creek Aqueduct, of modern construction, is the only aqueduct which still carries Ohio and Erie Canal water. After 102 years of flooding, weathering, and deterioration, Tinkers Creek Aqueduct was removed in 2007. The National Park Service is currently working on Phase II of the project to reconstruct it from modern materials.

tatistics

*Ohio and Erie Canal
*Valley View Village, County of Cuyahoga, Ohio
*Ohio 631
*Elevation: convert|610|ft|m|1
*National Register Number: 66000607
*Resource type: District.
*Property type: Transportation - water -related.
*The threat level was Threatened in 2006.
*Congressional District: OH-11
*Certified Local Government: NO
*This NHL offers public access.
*Current use/information: Part of Cuyahoga Valley National Park.cite web
title = National Historic Landmark, Ohio and Erie Canal, Tinkers Creek Aqueduct
publisher = National Park Service
url = http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=442&ResourceType=District
format = HTML]

Condition

The Tinkers Creek Aqueduct is a contributing structure on the NHL portion of the canal and continues to deteriorate rapidly. Due to the advanced state of decay, the aqueduct structure and the associated towpath Trial bridge will be removed and eventually replace with a modern aqueduct and bridge. Phase 1 of the project will involve removal of the existing aqueduct and Towpath Bridge, installation of a new Towpath Bridge, installation of temporary steel pipes to carry the canal water over the creek, restoration of portions of the sandstone abutment walls, and installation of a temporary high-water overflow structure. A later phase will include replacement of the aqueduct structure with a new design and restoration of the existing sandstone center pier and remaining abutment walls. Phase 1 is to begin in FY 2007. The increased numbers of flood events in recent years has caused significant damage to the river and stream banks which potentially threatens the canal basin. Ongoing monitoring and stabilization of river and stream banks will continue as needed.

Flooding

The aqueduct and surrounding area are subject to flooding by the Cuyahoga River and Tinkers Creek. [cite web
title = Flood Damage Images - Canal Damage
publisher = National Park Service
url = http://www.nps.gov/archive/cuva/flood/floodimages.html
format = HTML]

ee also

*List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
*List of Registered Historic Places in Cuyahoga County, Ohio

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.oh1631 Tinker's Creek Aqueduct] at the Historic American Engineering Record

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