Rating:
84721
{66}%
3 votes
"The Iron Bridge"
Photo
Pre 1923 photo
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BH Photo #444933
Description
I thought this was a Canton built bridge at first, based on the X style "Budget Cresting". I can't make out the builder's name but the plaque says "Chicago, Ill"
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Manistique River on Deer Street
- Location
- Manistique, Schoolcraft County, Michigan
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built in 1890 to replace the Red Bridge; replaced in 1919 by the current Siphon Bridge.
- Design
- (3)5-panel, pinned Pratt through trusses
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.96200, -86.24998 (decimal degrees)
45°57'43" N, 86°14'60" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/558115/5090099 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 84721 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 23, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon