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TMER&L - Milwaukee River Bridge
Ozaukee County
,
Wisconsin
Photo
TMER&L bridge at Grafton
License: Released into public domain
BH Photo #281510
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Facts
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Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Milwaukee River on TMER&L interurban line
Location
Grafton
,
Ozaukee County
,
Wisconsin
Status
Demolished
History
Built 1850 for the Michigan Central, relocated here for the Milwaukee Northern (Later TMER&L) in 1906; Abandoned 1948
Builder
-
Comstock-Haigh-Walker Co.
of Detroit, Michigan (Engineering/Erection)
Railroads
-
Interurban
-
Milwaukee Northern Railway
(MN)
-
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.
(TMER&L; TM)
-
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Co.
(TMER&T)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 123.5 ft.
Also called
Grafton Interurban Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+43.33437
,
-87.94650
(decimal degrees)
43°20'04" N, 87°56'47" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/423272/4798382
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cedarburg
Inventory number
BH 60652
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
19th Century
(7,634)
Built 1850
(83)
Built during 1850s
(413)
Comstock-Haigh-Walker Co.
(5)
Grafton, Wisconsin
(5)
Interurban
(914)
Lost
(25,030)
Milwaukee Northern Railway
(6)
Milwaukee River
(43)
Ozaukee County, Wisconsin
(25)
Pratt through truss
(5,431)
Pratt truss
(9,353)
Relocated
(911)
Span length 100-125 feet
(4,409)
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Co.
(25)
The Milwaukee Electric Railway & Transport Co.
(23)
Through truss
(15,202)
Truss
(32,996)
Wisconsin
(1,500)
Update Log
June 1, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added build date from a book.
April 11, 2014: Added by Frank Hicks
Sources
Frank Hicks
Grafton Wisconsin : A History of the Place and the People by Donald S. Henning
- Book
Luke
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