One of his early engineering projects was an iron bridge over the Garonne River at Bordeaux in 1858
... 1,600-foot bridge of cast iron, which would span the Garonne River near the 
city... [DOC] [TLE] William Donald Scherzer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] William Donald Scherzer (January 27, 1858  July 20, 1893) was an American 
engineer who invented the rolling lift bridge.