Sunday, September 4, 2022

1892+1926+1995 US-10 8th Street Bridges over Manitowoc River in Manitowoc, WI

1926: (Bridge Hunter) This bridge was built by Manitowoc Shipbuilding, which was just a little upstream from here.
1995: (Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Corleen Zoerb posted three photos with the comment: "Sunday evening 6.26.22. I'm assuming going to get large rock at .... I'm blanking out on the name of the company.... ???"
[I copied the photos out of order to put the bridge photo first.]
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I used this skyline to confirm that this is the 8th Street Bridge instead of the 10th Street Bridge.
Street View

BridgeHunter-1926, License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

Thanks to the red roof on the bridge tender house, it was easy to identify this as the 8th Street Bridge.
Coolest Coast-Manitowoc County posted
River traffic
Brendan Raymond Groh: The Candace Elise

Fred Miller II shared his post [Bummer! I forgot to record the links.]
Postcard of the PERE MARQUETTE 21 departing Manitowoc, WI, my collection.


Manitowoc Shipbuilding had to replace a fixed bridge to get their ships out to the lake. The current landowners still ship products on the water.
Circa 1909 Postcard via BridgeHunter-1892

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