. Water & sewage works . LIFT BRIDGES OFMILWAUKEE. BEST TYPE OF LIFT BRIDGE in Milwaulcee. A plate girder lift. MILWAUKEE is a leader in bridgebuilding. Some of the first andbest bascule bridges in Americawere erected there, and the types repre-sented at Grand avenue and Broadwayriver crossings are in many respects stillused as models for more recent ones else-where. The presence of the early bas-cule types at Holton, Huron and Six-teenth streets, while not so successful aslater ones, show that the city was willingto experiment and pioneer in a branchof engineering which was then insuffi-cient
. Water & sewage works . LIFT BRIDGES OFMILWAUKEE. BEST TYPE OF LIFT BRIDGE in Milwaulcee. A plate girder lift. MILWAUKEE is a leader in bridgebuilding. Some of the first andbest bascule bridges in Americawere erected there, and the types repre-sented at Grand avenue and Broadwayriver crossings are in many respects stillused as models for more recent ones else-where. The presence of the early bas-cule types at Holton, Huron and Six-teenth streets, while not so successful aslater ones, show that the city was willingto experiment and pioneer in a branchof engineering which was then insuffi-ciently understood in America. In order better to appreciate the im-portance of bridges in Milwaukee, refer-ence must be made to the harbor and itsshipping, which are of such great im-portance as to be one of the chief causes. if not the principal reason for the cityslocation and growth. In recent years the volume of shippinghas rapidly increased. The following fig-ures show the amount of shipping in tonsat four important lake ports, and its in-crease
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