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 45 b&w photos |  8 data pages |  4 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Saugus River Drawbridge, Spanning Saugus River at MBTA Railroad Eastern Rou, Saugus, Essex County, MA
CALL NUMBER:
HAER MASS,5-SAUG,2-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 45 (4 x 5 in. and 8 x 10 in.)
Data Page(s): 7 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 4
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER MA-84
Part of building/structure is in Lynn, Essex County, MA.
Significance: The Saugus River Drawbridge is a single-leaf Strauss overhead counterweight bascule which is believed to be the oldest known example of its type in Massachusetts. It is particularly significant for its innovative engineering design and association with a prominent bridge engineer, Joseph Baermann Strauss, whose company designed the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
SUBJECTS:
MASSACHUSETTS--Essex County--Saugus
OTHER TITLE:
B&M Eastern Route Bridge 9.55
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.ma1362
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. VIEW OF NORTH ABUTMENT AND APPROACH SPANS, LOOKING NORTHWEST
2. VIEW SHOWING DRAW SPAN CLOSED, LOOKING EAST
3. VIEW OF APPROACH SPAN PIERS, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
4. VIEW OF APPROACH SPANS AND SOUTH ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
5. VIEW OF DRAW SPAN CLOSED, LOOKING WEST
6. VIEW OF APPROACH SPANS AND PIERS, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
7. VIEW OF APPROACH SPANS AND SOUTH ABUTMENT, LOOKING SOUTHWEST
8. VIEW SHOWING DRAW SPAN PARTIALLY OPEN, LOOKING WEST
9. VIEW SHOWING DRAW SPAN FULLY OPEN, LOOKING WEST
10. VIEW SHOWING DRAW SPAN CLOSED, LOOKING NORTH FROM SOUTH ABUTMENT
11. VIEW SHOWING DRAW SPAN CLOSED, LOOKING SOUTH
12. VIEW SHOWING DRAW SPAN FULLY OPEN, LOOKING NORTH
13. VIEW SHOWING DRAW SPAN PARTIALLY OPEN, LOOKING SOUTH
14. VIEW OF PINION BEARING
15. VIEW OF PINION BEARING
16. VIEW OF OPERATION LEVERS FOR SIGNAL DEVICE, SOUTH SIDE
17. VIEW OF OPERATION LEVERS FOR SIGNAL DEVICE, NORTH SIDE
18. VIEW OF STYLES COUPLING MECHANISM ON REST PIER
19. SIDE VIEW OF STYLES COUPLING MECHANISM
20. VIEW OF RACKS AND DRIVE SHAFT, LOOKING NORTH
21. VIEW OF RACKS AND DRIVE SHAFT, LOOKING NORTHWEST
22. VIEW OF EAST RACK AND DRIVE SHAFT
23. VIEW OF DRAWINGS, LOOKING EAST ALONG DRIVE SHAFT
24. VIEW OF EMERGENCY MANUAL DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM
25. VIEW OF WEST RACK, DRIVE SHAFT BEARING AND MOTOR
26. VIEW OF EMERGENCY MANUAL DRIVE GEAR SYSTEM
27. VIEW OF DRAW SPAN MOTOR
28. VIEW OF DRAWBRIDGE NAMEPLATE
29. BRIDGE #15-MASONRY PLAN-REVISED PLAN Boston & Maine RR, Portland Div., (East)
30. BRIDGE #15-MASONRY PLAN-REVISED PLAN Boston & Maine RR, Portland Div., (East)
31. BRIDGE #15-DETAILS OF PIER #7 Boston & Maine RR, Portland Div. (East)
32. BRIDGE #15-FENDER PIERS Boston & Maine RR, First Div.
33. CT.WT.FRAME, CT.WT.LINK & CONCRETE CT.WT Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
34. GENERAL DRAWING Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
35. GENERAL DRAWING
36. DETAIL OF TOWER
37. DETAIL OF TOWER Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
38. STRESS SHEET Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
39. MOVING LEAF Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
40. TRUNNION & TRUNNION BEARING Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
41. SAUGUS RIVER-OPERATING MACHINERY Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
42. OPERATING MACHINERY-MANCHESTER, MA. Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
43. LAMP BOX Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
44. TRACK FLOOR Strauss Trunnion Bascule Bridge
45. TOWER STRENGTHENING Boston & Main RR
CONTROL #:
MA1362
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