The Strauss Bascule Bridge Company, Inc., engineers and designers of trunnion, bascule and direct lift bridges.
A 1920 trade catalogue issued by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company of Chicago to show engineers, railways and municipal officials its trunnion, bascule and direct-lift bridge designs. Halftone photographs, captioned with span lengths and completion dates, show counterweighted leaves raised over rivers, riveted lattice girders, operator houses and pier machinery—useful for industrial silhouettes, structural lattice patterns and waterfront backdrops.
