The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 357
d on the bearing bars—these bearing bars, 6 inches deep and f inchthick, having previously been keyed into stroug cast iron blocks built intothe abutments ; over the teak planks a flooring of bricks, was laid IJat; andover this 4 inches of stone concrete were laid, liut the workmen beganto lay the… … expedients they finally got the roadway tolerably level, hut the bridge stillshowed twists in many places, particularly a dip iu the middle. It was,however, considered safe, and preparations were making for a ceremo-nious opening when it suddenly fell. Fortunately only one boy was on il,who jumped…
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