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Scientific American, Vol. 81, No. 11 (1899) (1899)

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r towers at the center of the bridge arch, the ingenious method of erection, and the ex- and 100 feet from the crown. The width of the floor tremely picturesque topography of the site, which resting upon a trussed arch of 560 feet, which was to of the bridge is 1614 feet, while a batter of one in… … TEMPORARY ROADWAY BELOW. which has recently been opened across the gorge of is given to all the towers throughout the bridge. The proposed a bridge 1,584 feet in length, which was to be the Niagara River. The Mtingsten arch has a rise of carried upon nine braced towers of the type common piers are…

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