Topography of Jerusalem. 5 sons Arch. The English explorers broke through the pavement,when, at the bottom of the ravine, they think they came upon thefellow stone arches of an older bridge (Fig. 107). Sir CharlesWarrens measurements of the bridge are the following : fromthe crown of the arch to… … Fig 108.—Wilsons Arch. Albeit no details are given as to the shape and size of the archstones, enough is said to enable us to conclude that before the useof dressed stones, a bridge, at a lower level, spanned the valley,perhaps as early as the days of Solomon.1 We know that theprinciple of the arch…
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