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... erected by Messrs . Fairbairn and Sons , on the line of the Manchester , Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Gainsborough 21-23 SECTION IV . Malleable - Iron Bridges of different Constructions - Lattice Bridges -Tubular Bow - Bridge ...
... erected by Messrs . Fairbairn and Sons , on the line of the Manchester , Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway at Gainsborough 21-23 SECTION IV . Malleable - Iron Bridges of different Constructions - Lattice Bridges -Tubular Bow - Bridge ...
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... erection in America , but it was subsequently taken to pieces at Rotherham . In 1790 , Mr. Rowland Burdon designed a cast - iron arch for the river Weir at Sunderland , and , in 1792 , obtained an Act of Parliament for erecting such a ...
... erection in America , but it was subsequently taken to pieces at Rotherham . In 1790 , Mr. Rowland Burdon designed a cast - iron arch for the river Weir at Sunderland , and , in 1792 , obtained an Act of Parliament for erecting such a ...
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... erection , which was completed within a period of three years , and at a total cost of £ 26,000 , of which Mr ... erected by Telford , the first of which was that across the river Severn at Buildwas , in Shropshire , consisting of ...
... erection , which was completed within a period of three years , and at a total cost of £ 26,000 , of which Mr ... erected by Telford , the first of which was that across the river Severn at Buildwas , in Shropshire , consisting of ...
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... erected by the eminent Rennie . This splendid bridge , which was opened on March 25 , 1819 ( the first casting for it having been run on January 1 , 1815 ) , consists of three arches , all segments of the same circle , the centre arch ...
... erected by the eminent Rennie . This splendid bridge , which was opened on March 25 , 1819 ( the first casting for it having been run on January 1 , 1815 ) , consists of three arches , all segments of the same circle , the centre arch ...
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... erection of the bridge , the ribs were commenced in the centre of the span , and continued regularly on both sides towards the piers and abutments . Upon these connecting and bed- plates were secured in the masonry , and when the last ...
... erection of the bridge , the ribs were commenced in the centre of the span , and continued regularly on both sides towards the piers and abutments . Upon these connecting and bed- plates were secured in the masonry , and when the last ...
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abutments Anglesea applied arch Architect ARCHITECTURE bar iron bars beam bolted bottom plates breaking weight Britannia Bridge Britannia Tubular Bridges Builders C.E. Illustrated cast cast-iron cast-iron girders centre chains cloth boards cohesive power compression connected construction Conway cylinder deflection depth diagonal diameter dimensions ditto Edition erected experiments Fairbairn feet 6 inches fixed flange frames girder bridge HENRY LAW Holyhead horizontal improvements inch thick inches inches wide joints load LOCKWOOD longitudinal LUDGATE HILL main tubes malleable iron masonry material Mathematics Mechanical Menai Menai Straits Messrs metal Mining numerous Illustrations Outfall Sewer patent piers Practical Principles railway RALPH TATE rectangular resist revised and enlarged ribs rivets roadway Rudimentary Treatise Science SCOTT BURN side plates span spandrils square inch Steam Stephenson straits strength structure Surveyor suspension bridge T-iron Tables tical Timber tion tons top and bottom transverse vertical volume width Woodcuts wrought wrought-iron
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