The Street railway journal (1902) (14575237280)

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Title: The Street railway journal

Year: 1884 (1880s)

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Subjects: Street-railroads Electric railroads Transportation

Publisher: New York : McGraw Pub. Co.

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This illustration is typical of the CENTER-PIER SWING TYPE OF BRIDGE, showing the obsolete and destructive character of this method of crossing a waterway. The Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge when open for the passage of vessels acts as a barrier, closing the roadway, and thus absolutely preventing themany disastrous accidents common to swing bridges when open ; without additional cost the bridge itself forms themost perfect, substantial and successful Bridge Gate and Signal ever invented.

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View of Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge at North Halsted Street, View of Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge at North Halsted Street, Chicago, open for the passage of vessels, showing the barrier formed by Chicago, closed for the accommodation of streetcar and highway traffic ; the bridge itself to prevent traffic running into the open draw. also showing trolley wire support. ECONOMY in construction and operation is effected by the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge,as it is not necessary to bridge two channels where only one channel is required—as is the case with the swing bridge—thus greatly reducing the length ofbridge required. Because of the ease with which the Scherzer Rolling LiftBridge is opened and closed, the cost of operation is so slight as to be virtually NIL. The Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge is the safest, simplest, most rigid, rapidly operated, efficient, durable, eco-nomical and artistic movable bridge ever constructed for Street Car, Highway and Railroad Traffic, and is rapidlyr

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