Ashtabula Bridge Disaster Memorial Monument
Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States.

Ashtabula Bridge Disaster 1876
Philip and Lucy Bliss were among those who died in a train disaster in Ashtabula, Ohio, Friday evening, December 29, 1876, when a bridge gave way and the passenger cars plunged to the ravine below.
This tragedy is also called the Ashtabula Horror, the Ashtabula River Railroad Disaster and the Ashtabula Train Disaster.

Ashtabula Bridge Disaster memorial
Ashtabula Bridge Disaster Memorial, Ashtabula, Ohio
Monument Was Erected May 30, 1895

Obelisk memorial in Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Front of base of Ashtabula Bridge Disaster Memorial

Ashtablula Train Disaster Memorial
Back of base of Ashtabula Bridge Disaster Memorial

Ashtabula Train Disaster Memorial
Left side of base of Ashtabula Bridge Disaster Memorial

Ashtabula Train Disaster Memorial
Right side of base of Ashtabula Bridge Disaster Memorial

Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Chestnut Grove Cemetery, Ashtabula, Ohio

Chestnut Grove Cemetery
Entrance to Cemetery at the end of Grove Drive
Ashtabula, Ohio, United States.

Directions: Hwy 11 north to US 20 exit. West on US 20, over the bridge, then an immediate left onto Main Ave. Go through downtown. Left onto Grove Drive. The cemetery is at the end of the street. The obelisk is at the top of the hill, near the center of the cemetery. Look for directional signs.

Photographs by Stephen & Dorothy Ross for WholesomeWords.org 2008-2009.


More Photos and Information:
Ashtabula Train Disaster Ohio Historical Marker and Audio Memorial.

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