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Photograph of Raymondville Parabolic Bridge
Photograph by Unknown, Public domain. Via Wikimedia Commons.

Raymondville Parabolic Bridge

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1906.

From the record

“Raymondville Parabolic Bridge is a historic lenticular truss bridge located at Raymondville in St. It was constructed in 1886 and spans the Raquette River.”

Wikipedia article Raymondville Parabolic Bridge, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 83 National Register listings published here for St. Lawrence County · listed in 1984 · category: Structure.

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. Grant Rd. over Raquette River, Raymondville
  • When was it listed? September 1984
  • Category. structure
  • Town. Norfolk town
  • Architect. Berlin Iron Bridge Co.
  • National Register reference number. 84002961 - 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.

Then and now

1906 to 1994

The ground this property stands on, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet covering Raymondville Parabolic Bridge, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet covering Raymondville Parabolic Bridge, surveyed 1906

Fires near this property

174 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Raymondville Parabolic Bridge between 1994 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined97
Arson/incendiarism37
Natural17
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFire Department of New Yorknot named
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
28 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named
25 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFire Department of New Yorknot named

Every fire recorded in St. Lawrence County

Mines and quarries near this property

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Raymondville Parabolic Bridge: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Barrett QuarryDolomitePast ProducerSurface
Norwood QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Norwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
La Rue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
La Rue PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in St. Lawrence County

Maps showing this location

11 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

5 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
Hepburn Library2.6 miles2004
Hale Cemetery4.0 miles2024
Chase Mills Inn5.0 miles1978
Benjamin Gordon Baldwin House6.0 miles2004
First Presbyterian Church of Dailey Ridge7.6 miles2002

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 84002961 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
St. Lawrence CountyAll 83 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.