Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company
American bridge fabricator, founded 1888
Builder of the Seventh Street, Black River Bridge, the bridge that went up in Port Huron in 1932, on the National Register since 2000.
The story
The records date Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company to 1888. Metro Detroit knows Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company by the Seventh Street, Black River Bridge, a bridge in Port Huron, finished in 1932 and listed on the National Register in 2000. Built through the Depression, the war years and the postwar move to the suburbs, it has stood for 94 years.
John Alexander Low Waddell drew the plans for the Seventh Street, Black River Bridge. Go see the Seventh Street, Black River Bridge at Seventh Street over the Black River for yourself.
The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company (WB&I) was a fabricator and erector of iron and steel bridges and other large structures.
Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company's work in Metro Detroit
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Seventh Street, Black River Bridge
1932, Port Huron, Structure
Still standing, photographed 2012
Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Who Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company built with
- John Alexander Low Waddell on the Seventh Street, Black River Bridge
Where the work stands
Photo credits
The photo on Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company's page, each with its author, license and the original.
- Seventh Street-Black River Bridge (Port Huron, Michigan), 2012 Photo: Notorious4life at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sources
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