Property Record
OCHSNER PARK
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | MANCHESTER STREET BRIDGE |
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| Reference Number: | 27367 |
| Location (Address): | OCHSNER PARK |
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| County: | Sauk |
| City: | Baraboo |
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| Year Built: | 1884 |
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| Additions: | 1973 |
| Survey Date: | 1977 |
| Historic Use: | overhead truss bridge |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Camelback Truss |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
| Architect: | MILWAUKEE BRIDGE & IRON WORKS |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Manchester Street Bridge |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/13/1988 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. HAER WI-14. This is one of only two camelback through-truss bridges remaining in Wisconsin and the only nineteenth-century example. The bridge type, named for its five-sloped, humplike shape, supports the roadway by running it through an enclosed framework of trusses, which dissipate the load. The 128-foot span is built of wrought iron with a wooden deck, and all major joints are pinned rather than riveted. The bridge originally rested on stone piers and was located on the east side of Baraboo, where it crossed the river near its Lower Oxbow at Manchester Street. When the City of Baraboo relocated it to Ochsner Park in 1987, it was placed on concrete supports. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |