Inventors at work, with chapters on discovery (1906)
Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, Doubleday, Page & company · leaf 65
to solid rock. And thus, at length, we come tothe wonderful bridge, six miles west of Quebec, whose channelspan of i,800 feet will be the longest ever reared. See illustration,page 29. From the cantilever arms, DA and BE, will be suspendedthe central truss, AB, of 675 feet. A cantilever span may be… … Kentucky river cantilever bridge ARCH AND BOWSTRING BRIDGES 31 span should that span not extend to the shore but pass from onepier to another. The first cantilever bridge in America was designed by C.Shaler Smith for the Cincinnati Southern Railroad, to cross theKentucky River; it was built in…
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