| A look at a hormer CNW bridge that was once used to serve the Consolidated Paper Company's Interlake Division. The site was located where John Street once crossed the Fox River and the Number 0 Dam is situated. The John Street bridge was removed in the late 1950's and was replaced by the College Avenue bridge, which soars 75' above the water. The paper mill in question uas originally named Manufacturing and Investment Company which was a pulp and paper mill started up in 1891. It took the place of a strawboard mill built by Richmond Brothers in :857. By 1901, the Manufacturing and Investment Company became Interlake Pulp and Paper Company. Interlake was then purchased by Consolidated Paper in 1916. It remained a part of Consolidated Paper as it's Interlake Division Appleton mill until its closure on 19 November 1982. Magcobar North America, part of Dresser Industries Inc. started to lease a small portion of the facility in December 1982. They used part of the closed paper mill's facility to process drilling fluids. Dresser was still using the facility in 1993, but has ceased production there in at least the last decade. The mill site has mostly been razed and redeveloped into trendy shops, boutiques and townhouses. This bridge is located off the line that runs to Kimberly and Combined Locks, branching off that line a few hundred feet after crossing the navigation canal swing bridge. The swing bridge is still used and is visible to the rear of the plate girder bridge. The bridge crosses from the south east river bank onto an "island" formed by the mill race (forefront water) and the navigation canal, which has a lock located at the mill site. Beyond that, is the Number 3 Dam. the rails have been removed and there is hope of incorporating this bridge and a few others in the "Flats" into recreational trails. |