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CBQ - Prescott Swing Bridge (Old)

Washington County, Minnesota, and Pierce County, Wisconsin

Photos 

Public Domain: Photo provided by the St. Paul District of the United States Army Corps of Engineers

View this photo at Wikimedia Commons

BH Photo #416023

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Location
Prescott, Washington County, Minnesota, and Pierce County, Wisconsin
History
Built 1886; Replaced 1906
Builder
- Octave Chanute of Paris, France
Railroad
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
Design
Pratt through truss
Also called
CB&N - Prescott Swing Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+44.74771, -92.80378   (decimal degrees)
44°44'52" N, 92°48'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/515533/4954944 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Hastings
Inventory number
BH 79953 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,569)
Built 1886 (197)
Built during 1880s (1,994)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (535)
Lost 1906 (28)
Lost during 1900s (315)
Minnesota (1,521)
Movable (2,975)
Octave Chanute (7)
Pierce County, Wisconsin (13)
 Pratt through truss (5,395)
Pratt truss (9,304)
Prescott, Wisconsin (5)
State line crossing (847)
Swing (1,455)
Through truss (15,080)
Truss (32,807)
Unknown status (1,494)
Washington County, Minnesota (29)
Wisconsin (1,472)

Update Log 

  • January 9, 2018: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 7, 2018: Added by Luke

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Sources 

  • Luke
  • Douglas Butler

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