The Berlin Steel Construction Company, also known as Berlin Steel, is a

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company with headquarters in

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and

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. Berlin Steel is the successor to

Berlin Iron Bridge Company The Berlin Iron Bridge Company was a Berlin, Connecticut, Berlin, Connecticut company that built Bridge, iron bridges and buildings that were supported by iron. It is credited as the architect of numerous bridges and buildings now listed on the U ...

, and is credited as the architect of many historical

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from the early 20th century, at least three of which have been listed on the

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(NRHP).

History

In 1900, after the

American Bridge Company The American Bridge Company is a heavy/civil construction firm that specializes in building and renovating bridges and other large, complex structures. Founded in 1900, the company is headquartered in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Pittsb ...

acquired

, executives Daniel Bradley, George Sage, and Seymour Robinson split from American Bridge to form their own company: Berlin Construction Company. The new company built dozens of iron and steel bridges in the style of the Berlin Iron Bridge Company up until the 1930s, when the company shifted their focus to miscellaneous and structural metals. In 1962, the company was renamed Berlin Steel Construction Company.

Works

* Two Cent Bridge (1903), the only surviving toll footbridge and one of oldest surviving wire-cable steel suspension bridges in the U.S.; spans the

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between the city of Waterville and the town of Winslow in Kennebec County, Maine. NRHP-listed. * Mount Orne Covered Bridge * Starr Mill Road Bridge * Taylor Street Bridge

References

{{Reflist Companies based in Hartford County, Connecticut