The roads and railroads, vehicles, and modes of travelling, of ancient and modern countries; with accounts of bridges, tunnels, and canals, in various parts of the world .. (1839)
London : J.W. Parker · leaf 122
no other bridge unitessuch simplicity and grandeur of design, with such magni-tude. A bridge at this part of the river had, in 1805,been proposed by Mr. George Dodd; but in consequenceof much interested opposition, an Act of Parliament wasnot obtained for it until June, 1809. Mr. Rennie… … WATERLOO BRIDGE 111 signs for a bridge, one of seven and the other of ninearches, the latter of which was approved. This bridgehas a perfectly horizontal road-way; its arches are ellipti-cal, each having a span of 120 feet, and a rise of 38 feet,forming a water-way of 1080 feet. The length of…
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