The Strauss Bascule Bridge Company, Inc., engineers and designers of trunnion, bascule and direct lift bridges. (1920)
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Tke Strauss Bascule Bridge Company Tlu- span is opened and closed by two circularcurved rack and pinion drives, the prime moverbeing electric motors. The curved racks are se-cured, one to each of the bottom chords of the and are engaged by shafts mounted insymmetrical jour-rings trically… … addi setting thor brakes ; ated emergency brake isprovided. Emer-gency hand-opera-tion is also pro-vided, consistingprimarily of a handcrank geared to themachinery at the ay When closed the bridge i> locked to the rest pier bymean-- of a motor-driven latch bar moving inguides attached to the…
Bridges · Bascule bridge · Double-swing bridge
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