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Pratt Pony Truss

Built 1913

— Miami County —

 
 
Pratt Pony Truss Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 7, 2025
1. Pratt Pony Truss Marker
Inscription.
Fairview-Snodgrass Road over Spring Creek

Pratt Truss Design patented in 1844 by Thomas & Caleb Pratt
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Bridges & Viaducts. A significant historical year for this entry is 1844.
 
Location. 40° 4.257′ N, 84° 13.087′ W. Marker is in Troy, Ohio, in Miami County. It is on U.S. 75 0.3 miles south of Eldean Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2040 N County Rd 25A, Troy OH 45373, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro, in the Miami Valley, and in the Till Plains. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. 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, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Pratt Pony Truss (within shouting distance of this marker); The Eldean Bridge (approx. half a mile away); Eldean Covered Bridge (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Eldean Covered Bridge (approx. half a mile away); Twin Arch Stone Culvert (approx. 1.2 miles away); Col. Nancy J. Currie (approx. 1.6 miles away); Historic Lock 12 (approx. 1.6 miles away); Hobart Brothers Company (approx. 1.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Troy.
 
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Pratt Pony Truss Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, June 7, 2025
2. Pratt Pony Truss Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on June 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 95 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on June 20, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 8, 2026