I wonder if this was the last heel-trunnion bridge ever built because it was built in 1956 when the river was widened. I noticed that Bridge Hunter and Historic Bridges disagreed on the length of the span. Then I noticed that Bridge Hunter's span length was longer than the total length. So the Historic Bridges number, 231', is probably the correct length.
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| Flickr photo by brx0, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA) |
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| Michael Fobel posted The old "Jackknife Bridge" now in the permanent open position over the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland, Ohio. I believe it belonged to the B&O railroad. |
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It's nice seeing a photo of a partially open bridge because it makes it easier to figure out how the linkages work.
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| Cleveland State University Library Photograph Collection |
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| Jonathan Konopka posted Photo quality isn't great, but here is a look at B&O Bridge #463 with a train running eastbound over it, about to cross under the Detroit-Superior Bridge. Photo is from an UrbanOhio.com fourm. |
This shows the linkages in the closed position.
Until 1956, this location had a Scherzer Rolling bridge like Bridge #464. Below, #463 is in the foreground and #464 is to the left of the left smokestack.
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| Robert Pempsell posted |
The rolling bridge was based on the bank opposite of the trunnion bridge.
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| Photo from Image courtesy of Cleveland State Library Special Collections |
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| Jonathan Konopka posted A view of the Center Street Bridge near Downtown Cleveland in 1918. Photo is courtesy of the Cleveland Public Library Digital Gallery. Geoffrey Moreland: A rare bobtail swing In its infancy. The oldest in Cleveland by far. Notice the B&O Scherzer on the left. Replaced in the 50s by a heel Trunnion that stands today. |
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| Brian Akers commented on Russel's posting Here is another view of the bridge from underneath the viaduct the photographer was standing on. |
B&O had two movable bridges across the Cuyahoga River, but the other one was a rolling bridge and the one in the background of this photo is clearly a Strauss trunnion bridge. And this photo provides us a nice view of the Detroit-Superior Bridge.
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| Fred Bultman posted What a freighter with strongback hatches looked like while unloading. Cornell unloading grain at Montana Mills in Cleveland, about 1959. Bob Riegel "Strongback" because that's what it took to move them? Fred Bultman Bob Riegel yes also the clamping bars were called strong backs. You can see one in place on the second hatch. Fred Bultman shared Bill Sly Suddenly our leaf hatches don’t seem so bad. Marcel B. DesRoches The 1st ship I sailed on in 1970 for Upper Lakes Shipping was the Maunaloa 2nd. It had these type of hatches, plus a dog house 3/4 of the way up the ship where 3 oilers, 6 firemen and sometimes a night cook. Steve William Lindsey Is that the mill about to close? Fred Bultman Steve William Lindsey yes [I had noticed that trucks were still parked by the mill.] Mike Harlan shared B Tupper Upham I love it...the B&O bridge is lifting or lowering. |
Roy Nagy posted two photos with the comment:
Baltimore & Ohio Railway Bridge 463
An abandoned bascule bridge built by the American Bridge Company in 1956. It has a single track and spans 255 foot over the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland.
(These photos were supposed to be further up in these notes. But a Google bug put them at the bottom of these notes. Instead of wasting my time working around a bug that I reported weeks ago, I leave the photo here as a monument to Google's bug.)
Charles Miller It was the Cleveland Valley & Terminal Line (B&O). It crossed this bridge and another one just a little bit to the north to reach the Hullets on Whiskey Island. The other bridge (B&O #464) is also still standing, it spanned the old river channel.
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| Roy Nagy commented on the above post |
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| Roy Nagy commented on the above post Here is a steamer crossing B&O Bridge #463 |
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| Shorpy [Superior Bridge is in the background] |
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| Steve Vanden Bosch posted Here is a photo from of the Detroit Publishing Collection of the Superior Avenue Bridge Cleveland with the Tug Dunkirk towing the City of Erie you can see the assumed Captain of the City of Erie watching the tow on top of the Pilot House. Bob Weston: Actually the bridge belongs to the B&O Railroad and is not the Superior Ave bridge. Paul Erspamer: Wow. The tug's smoke discharge from its stack is a problem for visibility from the steamer's pilothouse, isn't it? |
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| Bill Kloss posted Eugene W. Pargny at Settlers Landing on the Cuyahoga River. Chuck Drumm photo from my collection. |
I wonder about the history of the buildings with the smokestacks east of the bridge that you see in the Bird's Eye View. It looks like they have been preserved as an aquarium and a banquet room. Given what a room for a wedding reception costs, people are discovering that big old buildings that were built to last with a big room inside (e.g. power plants, erecting bays) can be valuable.
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| Thom Sheridan posted Cleveland Skyline from the Viaduct, 1983 Roy Nagy: Lower right…Center Street Swing Bridge…built 1901. It is hard to believe you can still drive over a 120 year old bridge in the heart of the city. [According to the comments, the B&O bridge was abandoned a year later. The concrete viaduct is the Detroit Superior Bridge.] Jim Arc shared Jonathan Konopka posted [Is that a depot in the middle foreground?] |
Thomas Ditty posted four photos with the comment:
The first 2 photos are of the old Scherzer rolling lift bridge next to the old Detroit-Superior viaduct. It would be replaced on the opposite side of the river in 1956 by trunnion bridge #463.(Photos courtesy of the Industrial scenery blogspot)
Dennis DeBruler
I had always assumed that "courtesy" meant that you obtained permission to use the photos. Since my work is licensed "Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)", you don't need my permission as long as you include the URL of the specific post from which you copied the photos. That information should be in the location field of your browser. In this case, it would be https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/.../preservedb...
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| Thomas Ditty commented on his post In this 1951 aerial shot, the old Scherzer rolling lift bridge is still visible, but all the industry around it, as seen in the above photos, is already gone. As well as the old viaduct which has been replaced with the new Detroit Ave. bridge. (Photo courtesy of the Cleveland Public Library) |
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| Lance Aerial Media posted B&O Bridge 463 with the Laura L. Vanenkevort below. Dennis DeBruler: This view allows one to better see how the tug fits into a notch in the articulated barge. |
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| Michael Businger posted |
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| David Scali posted Action shot of the Tug Ohio helping the Wilfred Sykes through the Settlers Landing Curve of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland. 5/28/23 |
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| ClevelandHistorical "Stand at Settler's Landing today and you will find an RTA rapid station and a view of Cleveland's Flats District. In 1796, however, this was the landing site of Moses Cleaveland and his surveying team from the Connecticut Land Company. The Cuyahoga River, Iroquois for "crooked river," provided a safe harbor for ships traveling on Lake Erie, making this an attractive place to build a city. | Creator: CSU Center for Public History + Digital Humanities" |
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