De Pere Swing Bridge
Overview of main spans
Photo Contributed by C&NWHS via John Marvig
BH Photo #312750
24' Deck Girder
1-120' Pratt Through Truss
6-72' Howe Pony Truss (1892)
5 Span Deck Girder (1892)
2-67', 1-81' Howe Pony Truss (1892)
2-122', 1-96' Quadrangular Through Truss (1902-From Linn County IA)
1-173' Swing Bridge (1904)
1-72' Pony Through Truss (1892)
64' Deck Girder
an additional spur, coming into the bridge at the west-most deck girder
13 Span Pile Bridge (1905)
6-72' Howe Pony Truss (1892)
2-38' Deck Girder
Will try to do more research on this intriguing bridge tomorrow, but for now this looks like an early iteration of this bridge complete with boxed pony trusses and a spur line.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/163936693832?hash=item262b636e48:g:...
Love to see that there are some remains! Thanks Robert!
This bridge is intriguing me more and more the more I look at it...looks like an encyclopedia of every truss design in the books!