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MILW - Pile-Pontoon Bridge (1874)

Clayton County, Iowa, and Crawford County, Wisconsin

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Photo taken by Henry Peter Bosse

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Overview
Lost Pontoon bridge over Mississippi River on Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Location
Prairie Du Chien, Clayton County, Iowa, and Crawford County, Wisconsin
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1874; Replaced 1913
Builder
- John Lawler of Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin
Railroad
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
Design
2 Pontoons
2 Uncovered wood howe through trusses
Timber stringer
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.04514, -91.17701   (decimal degrees)
43°02'42" N, 91°10'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/648482/4767439 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Prairie du Chien
Inventory number
BH 71758 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,374)
Beam (16,882)
Built 1874 (111)
Built during 1870s (1,266)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,108)
Clayton County, Iowa (123)
Crawford County, Wisconsin (29)
Floating (43)
Howe through truss (514)
Howe truss (642)
Iowa (6,793)
John Lawler (1)
Lost (28,464)
Lost 1913 (167)
 Lost during 1910s (650)
Marquette, Iowa (7)
Mississippi River (232)
Owned by railroad (13,498)
Pontoon (43)
Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin (3)
Railroad (16,456)
Replaced by new bridge (19,357)
State line crossing (913)
Through truss (16,775)
Timber stringer (4,318)
Truss (35,451)
Wisconsin (1,701)

Update Log 

  • April 13, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 7, 2016: Added by Luke

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