Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 213
he Victoria Bridge, at Montreal, were erected upon false-work constructed on the ice. The examination of the report of the engineer for the contractors shows no evidence that such was the case. Judging from this authority, it seems that the false-work was supported on the bottom of the river, and… … Fig. 23. Garabit Viaduct in France.* one of which, the river span, is an arch of an approximate length of 541 feet. The mean rise is about 213 feet. The upper portion of Fig. 23 represents the appearance of the structure at the begin- ning of the erection of the river span. The towers had been com-…
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