Cincinnati Municipal Water Intake Bridge

The water works complex was built between 1898 and 1907 and included a pumping station on the Ohio side, an 85-foot-deep shaft with a steam pump, a tunnel under the Ohio River, and an intake on the Kentucky shore. ^{1 2} Its coal-fired steam pumps ranked among the largest of their kind. The intake was placed in Kentucky because the river maintained a deeper pool there year-round.

The intake pier, measuring 55×27×83 feet above datum and spanning 320 feet from the Kentucky bank, was linked to shore by the bridge. ² A repair shop was located at the landward end. The project cost $178,323. The pier contained six openings, each 4×6 feet, fitted with gate valves operated by hydraulic pressure and protected by brass-bracket screens controlled by an electric crane.