Bridge in Reed Township, originally known as

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Aqueduct No. 3, is a historic multi-span stone

arch bridge An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its structural load, loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either si ...

spanning Powell Creek on State Route 147 (River Road) in Reed Township,

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. It was built in 1840, as an aqueduct." The property measures long by wide. It is built of red and white coursed

ashlar Ashlar () is a cut and dressed rock (geology), stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones. Ashlar is the finest stone masonry unit, a ...

and features a belt course and continuous

parapet A parapet is a barrier that is an upward extension of a wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. The word comes ultimately from the Italian ''parapetto'' (''parare'' 'to cover/defend' and ''petto'' 'chest/brea ...

cap. ''Note:'' This includes It was added to the

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in 1988.

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* {{NRHP bridges Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania Bridges completed in 1840 Bridges in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Historic American Engineering Record in Pennsylvania National Register of Historic Places in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Stone arch bridges in the United States

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