Area less than one acre NRHP Reference # 14000922 | Architectural style Burr Through Truss Added to NRHP 25 August 2014 | |
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Location Spanning Duck Creek at the Whitewater Canal, Metamora Township, Franklin County, Indiana Built 1846 (1846), 1868, 1901, 1946-1949 Built by Whitewater Canal Company; Henry C. Moore, | ||
Duck creek aqueduct
Duck Creek Aqueduct, also known as the Metamora Aqueduct and Whitewater Canal Aqueduct, is a historic aqueduct carrying the Whitewater Canal over Duck Creek in Metamora Township, Franklin County, Indiana. It is the only surviving covered wood aqueduct in the United States as such it is a form of covered bridge. It is a single-span Burr through truss aqueduct and measures approximately 90 feet long, 25 feet wide, and 25 feet deep. The original aqueduct was built between 1839 and 1843. The present structure was built in 1846, after the original aqueduct was washed out in a flood. It was strengthened in 1868, and repaired in 1901. After abandonment and deterioration, the Duck Creek Aqueduct was restored to its present appearance in 1946-1949.
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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. It is located in the Whitewater Canal Historic District and part of the Metamora Historic District,