Tionesta in Forest County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Hunters Station Bridge Bearing Block

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 12, 2019

1. Hunters Station Bridge Bearing Block Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Fixed Shoe or
Bearing Block
Hunters Station Bridge
over
Allegheny River
1934 - 2017

Erected by Forest County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Bridges & Viaducts • Man-Made Features. A significant historical year for this entry is 1934.

Location. 41° 29.524′ N, 79° 27.356′ W. Marker is in Tionesta, Pennsylvania, in Forest County. It is on Elm Street (Pennsylvania Route 36) 0.1 miles south of Walnut Street, on the left when traveling south. Marker and block are on the Forest County Historical Society grounds. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 206 Elm Street, Tionesta PA 16353, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northwestern Pennsylvania

and specifically in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: When Timber Was King (within shouting distance of this marker); Tionesta (within shouting distance of this marker); Lieutenant John Range (approx. 0.3 miles away); Forest County (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Forest County

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(approx. 0.3 miles away); Damascus (approx. 1.1 miles away); Refugee Towns (approx. 1.3 miles away); Howard Zahniser (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tionesta.

Also see . . .
1. Hunter Station Bridge at Historic Bridges. (Submitted on September 4, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
2. Hunter's Station Bridge Implosion, October 4, 2017 (YouTube). (Submitted on September 4, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Hunters Station Bridge Bearing Block and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., August 12, 2019

2. Hunters Station Bridge Bearing Block and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 622 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 4, 2019, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.