Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company
- Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company
The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company (WB&I) is, or was, a fabricator and erector of iron and steel bridges and other large structures. Information is difficult to find, but according to one source [ [http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/arch/FndIndst/FIDw.htm University of Wisconsin] list of companies] it was founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1888. The Riemer family of Elm Grove, Wisconsin was heavily affiliated with the company until it was sold in the 1970s. A competitor to American Bridge Company, (in at least one case [ [http://www.michigan.gov/mdot/0,1607,7-151-9620_11154_11188-29581--,00.html M-DOT page about] M-50 bridge across Sandstone Creek in Jackson County, Michigan.] both firms submitted bids that matched to the penny), this firm was responsible for many bridges and other large structures in the United States Midwest and elsewhere. The Historic American Engineering Record shows at least 16 projects [ [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?pp/hh:@field(OTHER+@od1(Wisconsin+Bridge+++Iron+Company)) HAER] record list of projects mentioning WB&I] where WB&I were believed to be either the prime, steel or fabrication contractors.
Representative Projects
Not meant as an exhaustive list, here are a few projects that WB&I is known to have participated in:
*Ashfork-Bainbridge Steel Dam- Arizona - 1898
*Redridge Steel Dam - Michigan - 1901
*Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge - Texas - 1908
*MacArthur Bridge - Iowa/Illinois - 1917
*Hutsonville Bridge - Indiana - 1939
Notes
External links
* [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22wisconsin+bridge+and+iron+company%22++&btnG=Search Google] search showing articles referencing the company or projects this company was involved in.
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