November 14, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added information and builder
February 24, 2020: New photos from Steve Conro
February 5, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
May 23, 2018: New photo from Luke
May 23, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
September 16, 2016: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added categories "Pin-connected", "Riveted"
September 16, 2016: New photo from Dave King
February 7, 2016: Updated by Luke: Removed builder: Wrong entry
November 5, 2015: New photos from Steve Conro
June 4, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added Engineer
August 24, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
August 14, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
July 26, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
March 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad", "Iowa, Chicago, and Eastern Railroad", "Dakota, Minnesota, and Eastern Railroad", "Canadian Pacific Railway", "Navigable waterway"
Posted February 3, 2013, by Richard Behrens (rfbehrens [at] yahoo [dot] com)
Starting in Feb 1952 I was an operater on this swing bridge, and had this job on and off until 1960. When I first started, when closing the bridge after a boat had passed thru, the operaters had to walk from the cabin to the west end of the bridge, go down a ladder, step on a small platform under the rails just above the river to check to see that a huge round bottom pin had dropped a small distance into a slot, before we went back to the cabin to force the rails all the way down. If we closed the bridge to fast the pin would slip over the slot... I would like to know if that pin was cast iron or steel.... Sometimes when checking this pin location, it could be scary, if it was raining, snowing, and dark outside.
Starting in Feb 1952 I was an operater on this swing bridge, and had this job on and off until 1960. When I first started, when closing the bridge after a boat had passed thru, the operaters had to walk from the cabin to the west end of the bridge, go down a ladder, step on a small platform under the rails just above the river to check to see that a huge round bottom pin had dropped a small distance into a slot, before we went back to the cabin to force the rails all the way down. If we closed the bridge to fast the pin would slip over the slot... I would like to know if that pin was cast iron or steel.... Sometimes when checking this pin location, it could be scary, if it was raining, snowing, and dark outside.
R Behrens