Osten-Hemmoor Transporter Bridge
From Graces Guide
Schwebefähre Osten–Hemmoor (Osten-Hemmoor Transporter Bridge), at Osten, Cuxhaven (Kreis), Lower Saxony, Germany
Constructed 1908-9. Engineer Max Pinette.
Span 80m, length 90m.
Drawing here.
Structurally it is similar in concept to the Duluth Transporter Bridge and to the Puente Transbordador de La Boca in Buenos Aires, as distinct from more common (or, rather, less rare!) transporter bridges in which cables were a major feature of the structure.
See Puentes Transbordadore website and Structurae entry.
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