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Distant View Of Bridge; To Left Is Nabisco Factory; Looking West.

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View Of Bridge From South Side Of Power Canal, Looking Northwest.

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West Side Of Bridge As Seen From Its North End.

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Detail Of The Builder's Plate: '1888, M. Lassig, Builder, Chicago Ill.

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Detail Of Diagonal Truss Members On West Side Of Bridge, Looking Southwest.

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Detail Of Track Switch On Bridge.

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Facts 

Overview
Howe pony truss bridge over Marseille Power Canal on spur of Rock Island Railroad in Marseille
Location
Marseille, La Salle County, Illinois
Builder
- Lassing Bridge Co.
Design
Howe pony truss
Inventory number
BH 36837 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • July 23, 2008: New photos from Kim Harvey
  • July 8, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

Sources 

  • Kim Harvey - ayrlieofremora [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • HAER IL-97 - Marseille Nabisco Bridge, Spanning power canals at Nabisco Paper Mill, Marseilles, La Salle County, IL

Comments 

Marseille Nabisco Bridge
Posted April 5, 2009, by Ron Johnson (mfpd24 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The town is spelled Marseilles with an S on the end, not "Marseille". Pronounced "Mar-sales". There is a small, single span manually powered swing bridge over the I&M canal 50 yards north of this bridge that served the same RR spur.