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The east side There is a condominium complex on the north shore of Sauk Creek. There is no access to the pier from the condo campus, nor to this bridge. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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The deck Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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Oblique view Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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Keep off the grass? No Smoking? Who knows? Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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Truss detail Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
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Entrance to WE Energies Port Washington Power Plant I cannot confirm if this bridge belongs to the City of Port Washington or to WE Energies. The power plant is located on the south shore of Sauk Creek. The bridge allows access to the edge of the harbor and is used primarily by anglers who cast off the edge of a pier that, in the past, supplied the power plant with coal. (The plant has been rebuilt as a natural gas plant.)
Photo taken by J.R. Manning in August 2007 |
This bridge can be seen in a 1935 photograph that is part of a magazine article that can be found at http://www.wepowerthefuture.com/wepowernews/news_20050731_topplant.pdf
There is a flat slab bridge just to the west of this King post truss that carries Wisconsin Street across Sauk Creek. If the King post truss shown in these photos is not the original bridge captioned here, this flat slab might have replaced the original subject bridge. There is evidence on the abutments that an older bridge was here prior to the slab.
I have not been able to locate any other spans that cross Sauk Creek.