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Fremont Bridge (1874)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Bridge over Wolf River
- Location
- Fremont, Waupaca County, Wisconsin
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Draw bridge built by Abel Neff of Oshkosh. This was a toll bridge that cost $.05 to use. It washed away in the great flood of 1888. Info from historical marker at http://www.wisconsinhistoricalmarkers.com/2014/07/fremont-wisconsin-street-side.html
- Builder
- - Abel Neff of Oshkosh, Wisconsin
- Dimensions
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Total length: 380.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +44.26016, -88.86331 (decimal degrees)
44°15'37" N, 88°51'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/351264/4902456 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Readfield
- Elevation
- 745 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 79923 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- Fremont Bridge (1888) (Successor)
- Fremont Bridge (1865) (Predecessor)
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According to "History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin" from 1890, this was the first bridge: https://books.google.com/books?id=VGZCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA121&dq=f...