Revision of the Niagara Railway Arch Bridge (1920)
Charles Evan Fowler · [New York] : American Society of Civil Engineers · leaf 8
. E., toplan the railway suspension bridge with heavy stiffening trusses, andwith guys to the cliffs as well. That there was much competition between the suspension type andthe tubular continuous girder, is evidenced by the remark in Mr.Roeblings final report to the effect that as regards the… … REVISION OF NIAGARA RAILWAY ARCH BRIDGE 1923 The design for a tubular continuous girder bridge for this site wasmade in 1850, by James Hodges. This is shown in Fig. 2, and isundoubtedly one of the most pleasing, artistic and chaste designs evermade for a bridge with wholly rectangular lines. One is…
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