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Elevation.
Portal views facing northeast.
Portal views on bridge facing northeast.
Oblique view.
View of truss web.
Looking out towards remains of old wooden pilings.
Shaft rising from bottom chord.
Shaft rising up toward mechanical house level.
Gears at southwest end of bridge.
Gears at center of bridge in between the floor beams.
Gears around center bearing and main rack as viewed from on the swing pier under the bridge superstructure.
Views of the main pinion which engages the circular rack (rim).
Swing rollers.
Bearings near rim.
Shaft connecting center bearing to bearings near rim. This shaft can retract the wedge in the bearing to free the bridge to open.
Bearings and related equipment and gears at northeastern end of bridge.
Drive shaft running on northwest truss from center of bridge to northeastern end.
Detail of main rack.
Center bearing.
Additional gears under bridge.
Top chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Bottom chord connections as viewed from on bridge.
Former location of mechanical building.
Bottom chord.
Top chord.
Vertical members.
Diagonal member eyebars.
Overhead bracing.
End post.
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