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Milwaukee River Railroad Bridge
Bridge Documentation
This bridge was built 1915 to replace a circa 1890 double-track swing bridge.
Lattice trusses (sometimes called Warren Quadrangular trusses) range from uncommon to rare on a national scale, but are much more common locally in Wisconsin and particularly Milwaukee, relatively speaking. This example is further rare on a national scale as a movable lattice truss. As a swing bridge, this structure does not feature a continuous camelback shape, nor does it feature the two through spans connected by a central tower, instead it is simply a continuous trapezoidal truss. This form is a little less uncommon. The bridge tender building is mounted on the location where a tower most often was seen. Other noteworthy details include the riveted, built-up beams which support the wires on the bridge.
There are a few tanks of unknown purpose on this bridge. Two were seen laying on the deck, another wedged in the members of the truss web. It is unclear if these serve a purpose for the bridge (such as being filled with concrete and acting as counterweights) or if they are just a sign of a railroad owner who left them there and does not care about the appearance of their historic bridge.
This bridge is now abandoned, and the approach at one end has been converted for pedestrian use as a scenic outlook. The bridge has not swung closed for trains since March 2006.
Ref: historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=wiscon...
Obverse of a small bronze (litra or one eighth uncia), c. 15mm, struck by the Romans between the First Punic War and the Second Punic (Hannibalic) War. Crawford 25/3 "Litra" "Mint- Rome 241-235 B.C... [standard] about 3.375 gr. (average of 47 specimens listed by Bahrfeldt - 3.04)". Purchased from Coin Galleries 12 April 1994, 169 "241-235 B.C. Æ Litra". One eighth of an uncia would be about 3.42 gr.
Third Thursday
Thursday, March 17, 2011
6 – 9 p.m.
Museum-wide
Tonight, it's Clash of the Titans!
HERO WORSHIP YOURSELF. First, take the Third Thursday God & Goddess Facebook quiz. Then check out art glorifying your mythological alter ego.
LOOK DIVINE in a photo booth with styling help from /l'étoile magazine.
SEE THE ACTION of the 1981 claymation cult classic Clash of the Titans. (Film starts at 6:30 p.m.)
BE SPELLBOUND by local guitar god Hastings 3000.
STROLL UP to the cash bar for heavenly libations and nectars of the gods.
Information on future Third Thursdays:
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Kenilworth Runners securing promotion to Division 1 of the Birmingham Cross Country League with second position on the day and third overall.
Birmingham Cross Country League, Division 2, Rd 4, Blackbridge, Gloucestershire, Saturday 8 February 2008.