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 142
contiguous links; each bolt-pin is 3 inches in diameter,and weighs 56 pounds. The chains are arranged in sets … K»lt- G 3 MEXAI BRIDGE. 131 of four, one under the other; one set on each side of thecentral foot-path, and one set on each of the outer sidesof the bridge. The chains, after passing over the piers,descend to the earth, and are conveyed through threetunnels cut in the solid rock on each shore, and…
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