The bridge was constructed on the road from Ozimek to Zawadzkie and was in working order until 1938. Today it can be found in the area of the steelworks where it is used by pedestrians. In 1824 the 70-year-old Royal Steelworks in Ozimek was one of the leading steel centres in Europe. It was here, in 1791, that the production of parts and then entire steam engines was started. Before that date, any such undertakings were limited to England. In 1824 it was necessary to build a new dam on the Ma?a Panew as the old one could no longer meet the demands of the rapidly developing steelworks. At the same time it became paramount to span the river with a steel bridge. The steelworks had already faced similar challenges. For instance, an iron bridge produced in Ozimek was set up in Berlin in 1796. The task of constructing the Ma?a Panew bridge was entrusted to Karl Schottelius, the machine master at the Royal Steelworks. Schottelius carried out his task to perfection. On September 12 1827 the first European cast-iron suspension bridge was opened. Its nominal carrying capacity was to be 3 tonnes, but the actual one exceeded that value fivefold, a feat that was made apparent by heavy French regiments which marched across the bridge in 1920s. Schottelius’s design ideas and the material used for the construction were good and solid enough to make it possible for the bridge to be used for motor traffic as late as 1938. On January 22 1945, Russian T-34 tanks appeared in Ozimek and one of them got onto the old bridge. The 30 tonne vehicle was too much for the old structure. The anchorage and one of the abutments were damaged. In spite of repair works, the bridge has been excluded from motor traffic ever since and can only be used by pedestrians.