I won't be offended if any of you correct the information I have presented. In recording local history I think it's extremely important to be as accurate as possible and as I get older I'm finding that my memory is not as sharp as it once was. During the course of printing these articles, I welcome any input or corrections from you readers. Many of these articles are from the newspaper files and records we currently have in our archives, supplemented by additional information of my knowledge. Recently the Pittsfield Township Historical Society Board of Directors asked me to write some history articles to be posted on their web-site, which is hopefully the beginning of what you see here. Periodically I have written articles for the Township Talk, a township newsletter published by the trustees every quarter, and I hope to continue that effort. One of those projects was helping establish the Pittsfield Township Historical Society, along with the restoration and preservation of our 1840s one-room schoolhouse. Since that time I've been involved in a number of projects in preserving the historical heritage of Pittsfield Township. To learn more about historic bridges in Lorain County follow the Oberlin Heritage Center on Facebook and Instagram.As most of you probably know, a number of years ago the Pittsfield Township Trustees appointed me as the official township Historian. This Pittsfield bridge fell out of use around 1911 and now no longer has a deck to cross, according to the newsletter.
The bridge likely was constructed around 1880 by the Massillon Bridge Co., which also made the Dean Road Bridge that was constructed in 1898 and rehabilitated in 2014, according to the newsletter.
Steven Rice, communications coordinator for Oberlin Heritage Center, recently was invited by the Pittsfield Township Historical Society to journey out to an abandoned bridge in a Pittsfield backyard that, through research was determined to be from an earlier alignment of state Route 58, the newsletter said. This month Oberlin Heritage Center’s social media will focus on historic bridges in Lorain County and the group was able to document one of the oldest still standing in the county, according to a newsletter submitted to The Morning Journal. Lorain County has at least one abandoned bridges that historians are learning more about.
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