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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in August 2006

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Historic American Buildings Survey John R. Kelley - Photographer - March 16, 1934 General View From Southwest

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Historic American Buildings Survey John R. Kelley - Photographer - March 16, 1934 View Of North Side

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Historic American Buildings Survey John R. Kelley - Photographer - March 16, 1934 Interior Showing South Truss

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Historic American Buildings Survey John R. Kelley - Photographer - March 16, 1934 Detail Of Northwest Corner

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Overview: Covered aqueduct carrying Whitewater Canal over Duck Creek at Metamora
Location: Franklin County, Indiana
Status: Open to canal traffic
History: Built 1847; rebuilt 1949
Design: Covered Burr arch-truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 71.0 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Also called: Metamora Aqueduct
Whitewater Canal Aqueduct
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.44583, -85.13000 (decimal degrees)
39°26'45" N, 85°07'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/660911/4367921 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Metamora
Inventory numbers: WGCB 14-24-11 (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 16149 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

November 23, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
June 27, 2008: New photos from Anthony Dillon
November 6, 2006: Posted photo from Tom Hall

Sources

Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
Dale Travis Covered Bridge List
Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
HABS IN-24-20 - Whitewater Canal Aqueduct, Spanning Duck Creek, Whitewater Canal (carried ove, Metamora, Franklin County, IN
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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Duck Creek Aqueduct

Posted December 22, 2006, by Jim Corcoran (jimcoriii [at] hotmail [dot] com)

There is a narrow walkway thru the bridge. There was no sign that said, 'keep out', so I took my gradeschool age daughter on a walk thru of that bridge! Neat! If you go to Metamora the canal boat trip is worth taking.