Milwaukee Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Watertown, Jefferson County, WI

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TITLE:
Milwaukee Street Bridge, Spanning Rock River, Watertown, Jefferson County, WI

CALL NUMBER:
HAER WIS,28-WATO,4-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 3 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 7 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 1

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER WI-33

Building/structure dates: 1930 initial construction

Significance: Watertown city officials declared the existing Milwaukee Street Bridge unsafe in 1929 and began considering plans for erecting a steel girder or concrete bridge. Daniel B. Luten, a prominent bridge designer in Indianapolis, submitted a plan for an open arch concrete span. The Common Council accepted Luten's design and let the construction contract to the Eau Claire Engineering Company. The firm completed the three-span bridge in November 1930. The bridge is significant for its aesthetic lines and for its affiliation with the Indianapolis designer.

SUBJECTS:
WISCONSIN--Jefferson County--Watertown

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.wi0199

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. GENERAL VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTH
2. OBLIQUE VIEW OF BRIDGE, LOOKING SOUTHEAST
3. DETAIL VIEW OF EAST PIER

CONTROL #:
WI0199

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