Jackson Street Bridge, Newark, USA
Jackson Street Bridge, Spanning Passaic River, Newark, Essex County, NJ
Built 1897-8 by the Fagan Iron Works of Jersey City (founded by Lawrence Fagan, born in Ireland on 1 January 1851) with materials supplied by the Passaic Rolling Mill of Paterson, New Jersey.
221 ft rim bearing swing span, 170 ft fixed span on the north approach, and seven south approach spans with a total length of 319 ft. The swing span was originally driven by a vertical two cylinder steam engine rated at 130 HP at 80 psi, 180 rpm. Two separate clutches mechanically interlocked, provided connections for driving the span and the end wedge mechanism. In 1974 the steam engines were converted to air engines by replacing the coal fired boilers with a petrol-driven air compressor and five compressed air receiver tanks. In 1975 the petrol-driven air compressor was converted to operate on propane, since petrol deliveries could not reach the bridge, due to its deteriorated condition. [1]
See here [3] for links to information and photographs of 63 US swing bridges.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] HAER NO. NJ-54. Prepared by Goodkind & O'Dea, Inc., Rutherford, New Jersey and Raber Assoc, Cobalt, Connecticut, 1985
- ↑ [2] Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey : Jackson Street Bridge, Spanning Passaic River, Newark, Essex County, NJ
- ↑ [3] Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey