Property Record
ALLOUEZ TERRACE AT FOX RIVER
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Chicago & North Western Railway Swing Bridge |
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| Other Name: | Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Bridge |
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| Reference Number: | 47326 |
| Location (Address): | ALLOUEZ TERRACE AT FOX RIVER |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Allouez |
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| Year Built: | 1897 |
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| Survey Date: | 19892012 |
| Historic Use: | bridge |
| Architectural Style: | NA (unknown or not a building) |
| Structural System: | Swing Bridge |
| Wall Material: | Metal |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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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, State Historic Preservation Office. The Chicago & North Western Railway was chartered by the Wisconsin and Illinois legislatures in 1859. In 1864, Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, chartered in 1836, merged into the Chicago & North Western Railway. In the following decades, the railway expanded its range, linking midwestern agricultural regions and the Great Lakes. Several passenger routes were also established between Milwaukee and Chicago, and they remained in operation until the 1970s. In the 1860s and 1870s the Milwaukee and Superior Railway and the Milwaukee and Northern Railway Company built a railroad connecting Green Bay and Milwaukee along former trade routes, known as the Wisconsin Central Limited Corridor. The Lake Shore Division of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway established its headquarters in the City of Green Bay in 1893. In 1897, the Chicago & North Western Railway constructed a moveable railroad bridge over the Fox River connecting Allouez on the east bank to Green Bay on the west. In 1987, Chicago & Northwestern Railway sold the Lake Shore Track between Milwaukee and Green Bay to the Fox River Valley Railroad, which operated until 1993. It was then sold to Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation. Photo code #1: FCS 10/23. moveable bridge |
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| Bibliographic References: | Fox River State Recreational Trail.” Welcome to Brown County, WI: Parks Management website. May 28, 2013. “History.” Titletown Brewing Company website. <http://www.titletownbrewing.com/ > June 6, 2013. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |