Roche+De+Boeuf

Also, see Maumee River and Maumee River-Lower Important Bird Area
 * =Birding in Ohio=

Lucas County
=Maumee River= =Roche De Boeuf= Waterville, Ohio 43566

media type="custom" key="29511273"

Maumee River--Roche De Boeuf
Coordinates: 41.4870722, -83.7285662 eBird links: Hotspot map View details Recent visits My eBird links: Location life list Submit data

About Roche De Boeuf
The once-massive limestone rock outcropping standing in the Maumee River has marked may events in the history of the valley. It was a legendary site for Native Americans and the place where they gathered before the Battle of Fallen Timbers in August 1794. Early records indicate a nearby French settlement in the 1700s was called both Roche de Bout and Roche de Boeuf, but for the last hundred years or so the latter has been most frequently used for both the rock and the lost settlement. About one-third of the rock was destroyed when the railroad bridge was built which caused a great controversy.

The Lima and Toledo Traction Company Bridge was constructed in 1907 by the National Bridge Company of Indianapolis, and it was considered to be a revolutionary type of bridge construction. The Old Electric Bridge, as it was called, was built of steel reinforced concrete and filled with earth. In fact, for this period some considered the bridge to be the longest such railroad bridge in the world. Twelve spans of Roman aqueduct architectural design anchor the 1220-footbridge in solid river bedrock. The bridge linked Lucas and Wood counties and connected a busy Toledo with points south by means of an electric trolley. This Interurban Bridge was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. From Historical Marker about Roche De Boeuf webpage

|| media type="custom" key="27315686"

media type="custom" key="29191907" || L921248 US US-OH US-OH-095 41.4870722 -83.7285662 Maumee River--Roche De Boeuf