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Frederika Bridge (Older)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bowstring through truss bridge over Wapsipinicon River on Road
- Location
- Frederika, Bremer County, Iowa
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- Builders
- - Ohio Bridge Co. of Cleveland (Possible Builder)
- William Rezner (Designer)
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio (Possible Builder)
- Design
- Bowstring through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.88044, -92.31005 (decimal degrees)
42°52'50" N, 92°18'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/556345/4747769 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Frederika
- Inventory number
- BH 58799 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- Frederika Bridge (Old) (Successor)
Comments
Frederika Bridge (Older)
The location marked is the only crossing in Frederika shown on an 1875 Atlas.
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/511504/Township+93+No...
Wrought Iron came as a guess from another user on here, so I'll go in and switch them..
Frederika Bridge (Older)
Luke, I found this picture. My first guess is that it was on C16/120 and it is almost certainly a Rezner:
Ohio Bridge Co. of Cleveland
William Rezner (Designer)
Were there two bowstrings in town? If not, are your location and builder correct?
Regards,
Art S.
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Thanks for clarifying, Luke. I'm not sure the WIBC listing is wrong as one of the Rezner bridges on this site is listed as Built by WIBC. This seems odd to me but as I don't yet know the history of the two companies, my opinion is not yet fully formed.
Regards,
Art S.