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Photograph of Bridge L-158
Photograph by Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Bridge L-158

Built in 1883. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. 13 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1892.

From the record

“Bridge L-158 is a disused railroad bridge over the Muscoot Reservoir near Goldens Bridge in Westchester County, New York, United States. Built in 1883 to carry New York Central Railroad traffic over Rondout Creek near Kingston in Ulster County further upstate, it was moved to its current location in 1904.”

Wikipedia article Bridge L-158, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 250 National Register listings published here for Westchester County · listed in 1978 · category: Structure · built in 1883.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 structure as contributing to the listing.
  • Address. W of Goldens Bridge at Croton River, Goldens Bridge, 10526
  • When was it listed? November 1978
  • Category. structure
  • Town. Lewisboro town
  • When was it built? 1883
  • National Register reference number. 78001923 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

334 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Bridge L-158 between 2000 and 2020, burning about 223 acres in total. 49 started naturally. 23 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined166
Natural49
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism23
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Smoking20
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New YorkNA
6 September 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New YorkN/A
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in Westchester County

Mines and quarries near this property

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Bridge L-158: 11 past producers, 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Sulfur, Stone. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Croton-Mc Collum Magnetite MineIron, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1843, 1880
Granitic Gneiss Rock Quarry No. Gk-013StonePast Producer
Somers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Somers Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Clover Hill Magnetite MineIronPast ProducerMagnetite
Clover Hill MineIronPast Producer
Harvey PitIronProspect
Hatfield AditIronProspect
Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012IronPast ProducerMagnetite
Magnetite Mine No. Gk-012IronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Westchester County

Storms near this property

7 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goldens Bridge, the town this property stands in, in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2022Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge$1,000Tree down and road closure on NY 138 both directions at Increase Miller Road in Lewisboro NY. All lanes blocked.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge$1,000A tree was reported down at the intersection of Mustato Road and Jay Street.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge$1,000A tree was reported down across Lakeview Pass near Lake Katonah.
September 2011FloodGoldens Bridge-The entire length of the Bronx River Pkwy. and Saw Mill River Pkwy. were closed due to flooding. The exit ramps on Interstate-95 in Mamaroneck were also closed due to flooding. Total reported rainfall amounts in Westchester County ranged from 5.14 inches in Thornwood to 6.80 inches in White Plains.
June 2005Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge-Numerous trees down.
May 2004HailGoldens Bridge-A trained spotter reported penny size hail.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindGoldens Bridge-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Westchester County

Maps showing this location

13 surveys

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Mt. Zion Methodist Church1.7 miles1990
Elephant Hotel2.3 miles2005
Somers Town House2.3 miles1974
Joseph Purdy Homestead2.6 miles1973
St. Luke's Episcopal Church2.8 miles2001
Katonah Village Historic District2.9 miles1983

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 78001923 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Westchester CountyAll 250 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.