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Fish Pond Bridge
Photos
Looking west
The bridge was moved to this location, to span a little artificial pond.
Photo taken by Robert Thompson
BH Photo #180330
Description
This bridge is currently in place in a town park in the village of Mountain, Wisconsin, spanning a shallow artificial fish pond about 30 feet around. The bridge was apparently moved to the current location, but it is not known where the bridge was originally located. No plaques, displays or signs tell of the bridge or it's history.Facts
- Overview
- Bridge over Unnamed artificial fish pond
- Location
- Oconto County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- Builder
- - Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Design
- This is a riveted Pony Truss bridge that was disassembled by drilling out rivets and moved. At reassembly, the removed rivets were replaced with stove bolts and nuts.
- Also called
- Old Pony Truss Bridge in Mountain, Wisconsin
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +45.18012, -88.47345 (decimal degrees)
45°10'48" N, 88°28'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/384234/5004015 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mountain
- Inventory number
- BH 46403 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 26, 2014: Updated by Luke: Added category "Relocated"
- October 3, 2010: Added by Robert Thompson
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I was snooping around this bridge yesterday and wondering the same things you are. The continuous top chord design was a hallmark of the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company in Milwaukee. I've seen virtual twins to this bridge around Wisconsin, including the cemetery bridges in Oconomowoc.
There was a virtual twin to this bridge in Langlade County, spanning a branch of the Eau Claire River on Rangeline Road. It was built in 1908 and removed in 1991 and I can't help but wonder if this isn't that bridge. It would have been a move of about 50 miles, but this bridge was dismantled, so it isn't a stretch to think it might be the same bridge.
You can see that listing in in the Langlade County listings. There are photos from HAER in the listing, here's one of them. It was taken in 1987 by Martin Stupich.