SOC = Strauss Overhead Counterweight
"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." [HAER-data]
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| HAER MASS,5-SAUG,2--5 5. VIEW OF DRAW SPAN CLOSED, LOOKING WEST - Saugus River Drawbridge, Spanning Saugus River at MBTA Railroad Eastern Route, Saugus, Essex County, MA |
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| HAER MASS,5-SAUG,2--9 9. VIEW SHOWING DRAW SPAN FULLY OPEN, LOOKING WEST |
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| MBTA Commuter Rail posted Here’s an eastbound (outbound) train being pulled by a 4-6-2 “P2” steam locomotive thundering across the Saugus Draw in West Lynn in early- to mid-1956. Today, this is next to River Works on the Newburyport/Rockport Line. This train’s likely destination is Marblehead or Danvers, now closed branches of the commuter rail network. These were some of the last routes to use steam locomotives before the full replacement with diesel. 📸: Russel F Munroe, Jr Douglas Butler posted |
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| Street View, Oct 2021 |
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