Cooper Bridge Plan collection, 1887-1889
Collection Number: 4709
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Cooper Bridge Plan collection, 1887-1889
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
4709
Abstract:
Consists mainly of letters (194 items) and drawings (ca. 150) sent to Theodore Cooper,
giving him information for the important paper on American railroad bridges which
he published in Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1889. Also
contains notes, sketches, and a few photographs.
Creator:
Cooper, Theodore, 1839-1919.
Bissell, H.
Burr, Theodore.
Fink, Albert, 1827-1897.
Lawson, T. R.
McCormick, Henry, Jr.
Palmer, Timothy.
Ricketts, Palmer C.
Stauffer, D. M.
Swift, A. J.
Wernwag, Lewis.
American Society of Civil Engineers
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Quanitities:
.9 cubic feet.
278 items.
Language:
Collection material in English
American civil engineer (1839-1919). Author of the first authoritative specifications
on bridge construction, published in 1884.
| 1839 | Born January 13th in Cooper's Plain, NY, the son of John Cooper, Jr., a physician, and Elizabeth M. Evans. | |
| 1858 | graduated as civil engineer from the Resselaer Institute (now Rensselaer Polytechnic) at the age of nineteen | |
| 1861 | Becomes Assistant Engineer on the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel. The same year enlists in the Navy and becomes Assistant Engineer for the construction of the gunboatChocura, on which he will serve for the last three years of the Civil War. | |
| 1865 | Detached from the Chocura, he is ordered to the United States Naval Academy at Newport, RI, then to Annapolis, Md., as Instructor in the new department of Steam Engineering. | |
| 1868 | Ordered to the Nyack in the South Pacific, where he will serve for two years. | |
| 1870 | Returns to the Naval Academy. | |
| 1872 | Resignes from the Navy. In May Capt. James B. Eads, Engineer of the Bridge and Tunnel Company, appoints Cooper the inspector of steel manufacturing for the St. Louis Bridge. He also appoints him superintendent of Andrew Carnegie's giant Keystone Bridge Company in Pittsburgh. At a later point Eads puts Cooper in charge of the construction of the St. Louis Bridge, a successful project that will launch Cooper's career as a bridge engineer. | |
| 1879 | Sets up as independent consulting engineer in New York. Among his most prestigious projects will be the Seekonk Bridge in Providence, the Sixth Bridge in Pittsburgh, the Second Avenue Bridge in New York City, the Newburyport Bridge over the Merrimac River, and the Junction Bridges over the Allegheny River. | |
| His paper "The Use of Steel for Bridges" is published in the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Cooper will receive a Normal Medal for this work. | ||
| 1884 | Contributes the important work "General Specifications for Iron Railroad Bridges and Viaducts," the first authoritative specifications on bridge construction ever published and circulated. | |
| 1885/1885 | Serves as director of the American Society of Civil Engineers. | |
| 1889 | His paper "American Railroad Bridges" is published in the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Cooper will receive a Normal Medal for this work. | |
| 1894 | Appointed by the late President Cleveland as a member of a board of five engineers to determine the span of the Hudson River Bridge. Other consulting work will include the New York Public Library, the Suburban Rapid Transit Company, the New York Rapid Transit Commission, the Boston Rapid Transit Commission, and the harlem River Commission. | |
| 1897 | Accepts to serve as consulting engineer for the construction of the Quebec Bridge by the Quebec Bridge Company. | |
| 1907 | The Quebec Bridge collapses, effectively ending Cooper's career as a bridge engineer. | |
| 1919 | Dies on August 24th in New York City. |
Theodore Cooper: A Biographical Outline |
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| 1839 | Born January 13th in Cooper's Plain, NY, the son of John Cooper, Jr., a physician, and Elizabeth M. Evans. | |
| 1858 | graduated as civil engineer from the Resselaer Institute (now Rensselaer Polytechnic) at the age of nineteen | |
| 1861 | Becomes Assistant Engineer on the Troy and Greenfield Railroad and Hoosac Tunnel. The same year enlists in the Navy and becomes Assistant Engineer for the construction of the gunboatChocura, on which he will serve for the last three years of the Civil War. | |
| 1865 | Detached from the Chocura, he is ordered to the United States Naval Academy at Newport, RI, then to Annapolis, Md., as Instructor in the new department of Steam Engineering. | |
| 1868 | Ordered to the Nyack in the South Pacific, where he will serve for two years. | |
| 1870 | Returns to the Naval Academy. | |
| 1872 | Resignes from the Navy. In May Capt. James B. Eads, Engineer of the Bridge and Tunnel Company, appoints Cooper the inspector of steel manufacturing for the St. Louis Bridge. He also appoints him superintendent of Andrew Carnegie's giant Keystone Bridge Company in Pittsburgh. At a later point Eads puts Cooper in charge of the construction of the St. Louis Bridge, a successful project that will launch Cooper's career as a bridge engineer. | |
| 1879 | Sets up as independent consulting engineer in New York. Among his most prestigious projects will be the Seekonk Bridge in Providence, the Sixth Bridge in Pittsburgh, the Second Avenue Bridge in New York City, the Newburyport Bridge over the Merrimac River, and the Junction Bridges over the Allegheny River. | |
| His paper "The Use of Steel for Bridges" is published in the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Cooper will receive a Normal Medal for this work. | ||
| 1884 | Contributes the important work "General Specifications for Iron Railroad Bridges and Viaducts," the first authoritative specifications on bridge construction ever published and circulated. | |
| 1885/1885 | Serves as director of the American Society of Civil Engineers. | |
| 1889 | His paper "American Railroad Bridges" is published in the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Cooper will receive a Normal Medal for this work. | |
| 1894 | Appointed by the late President Cleveland as a member of a board of five engineers to determine the span of the Hudson River Bridge. Other consulting work will include the New York Public Library, the Suburban Rapid Transit Company, the New York Rapid Transit Commission, the Boston Rapid Transit Commission, and the harlem River Commission. | |
| 1897 | Accepts to serve as consulting engineer for the construction of the Quebec Bridge by the Quebec Bridge Company. | |
| 1907 | The Quebec Bridge collapses, effectively ending Cooper's career as a bridge engineer. | |
| 1919 | Dies on August 24th in New York City. | |
Consists mainly of letters (194 items) and drawings (ca. 150) sent to Theodore Cooper,
giving him information for the important paper on American railroad bridges which
he published in Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1889. Also
contains notes, sketches, and a few photographs. Drawings are mainly prints and blueprints
of railroad bridges, including ones designed by Theodore Burr, Timothy Palmer, Lewis
Wernwag, and Albert H. Fink. Correspondents include the American Society of Civil
Engineers; D.M. Stauffer, editor of Engineering News magazine; H. Bissell, chief engineer,
Boston and Maine Rail Road; A.J. Swift, chief engineer, Delaware & Hudson Canal Company;
Palmer C. Ricketts, director of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and T.R. Lawson,
his assistant; Henry McCormick Jr., president of Harrisburg Bridge Company; and the
Lehigh Valley Rail Road Company. The collection includes several items about the work
of Theodore Burr and Timothy Palmer, earlier civil engineers who had each designed
a number of railroad bridges.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Cooper bridge collection, 1887-1889 (bulk) #4709. Division of Rare and Manuscript
Collections, Cornell University Library.
Original titles, whether or not they are the same as the working title, appear in
quotation marks, following the working title. Original titles include both those that
actually appear on the piece itself, and those that, at some point in the collection's
history, had been noted on the verso of some untitled pieces. Working titles were
determined according to the following criteria:
1. Proper name of bridge, if that is either the same as, or appears in, the original
title of the item, e.g., Blue River Bridge for "General Plan of Blue River Bridge";
also, if the proper name is known, even if it is not explicit on the item2. Proper
name of bridge *type* (or of eponymous individual) if that is either the same as,
or appears in, the original title, or is known, e.g., Pratt truss bridge for "Plan
of draw, Newburyport ..."; Fink triangular truss bridges … for "Bridges on the B.
& O. ... by Albert Fink"3. Name of town or of waterway; e.g., Easton bridge for "Highway
bridge...at Easton, Pa."; Jones' Falls bridge for "N. C. Ry. Bridge over Jones' Falls"4.
Name of railroad, if that is the most prominent or the only proper name in the original,
e.g., New York Central & Hudson River RR...Bridge for "N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. ... Bridge
#307"5. Bridge type or bridge part, in absence of any proper names
Entries that are part of composite items (more than one bridge per plan) are indicated
as such. Dimensions of each item are in approximate inches.
Note: Graphics that appear in Theodore Cooper's paper, *American Railroad Bridges*
(Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, 1889) are indicated by:
[ARB Pl. number]
Collecting program: History of Science Collection.
Digital Reproductions for Series I and Series II (Box 1) are available online at:
https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/56151
Names:
Palmer, Timothy.
Burr, Theodore.
Subjects:
Railroads -- United States.
Railroad bridges -- United States.
Bridges -- United States.
CONTAINER LIST
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Correspondence
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Incoming Correspondence:
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Digital files of items from Box 1 Folder 1
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Scope and Contents
Digital Reproductions for Series I. Correspondence, Incoming. Box 1 Folder 1 are available
online at: https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/56151
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
[unidentified]
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American Society of Civil Engineers (J. Becker, John Bogart);
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Boston & Maine RR (H. Bissell, Chief Engineer);
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Bouscaren, G., Consulting Engineer;
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Buffalo, NY, City Engineer Office (Edward B. Guthrie);
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Central Railroad & Banking Co. of Ga., Savannah, GA (D. W. Bowman);
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. (D.J. Whittemore, Chief Engineer; Onward
Bates);
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Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. (Ward Baldwin, Assistant Engineer);
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Delaware & Hudson Canal Company (A.J. Swift, Chief Engineer);
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Engineering News (D. McN. Stouffer, Editor);
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Florence iron River Company (Manfred A. Hauschild, Chief Engineer);
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Hutton, William R.;
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Iron city Bridge Works (Albert Schultz);
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Keefer, Theod.? C.;
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Kellogg, Chas.;
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Lafayette College, Department of Civil Engineering (J.G. Fox?)
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Lehigh Valley Rail Road Co. (Rob H. Sayer, vice President);
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Linville, J.H.;
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Louisville Bridge and Iron Company (J.M. Johnson, Engineer);
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company (Hantfort?, Chief Engineer);
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McCormick, Henry;
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Michaelis?, O.E.;
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Michigan Central Railway Co. (J.D. Hawks, Chief Engineer);
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Missouri Pacific Railway Co. (R.M. Peck, Supt.)
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New Jersey Steel & Iron Co. (C.E. Hewitt)
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New York, Lake Erie & Western Railroad Co. (C.W. Buckley?, Engineer)
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New York, State of. Office of State Engineer and Surveyor (Arthur S.C. Wurtele?, Deputy
State Eng. & Sur. John Bogart, State Engineer and Surveyor)
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Pencoyd Iron Works (Percival Roberts)
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company (W.H. Bron, Chief Engineer)
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Pennsylvania, University of. Course of Civil Engineering (L.M. Haupt Philadelphia
Department of Public Works (Samuel L. Smedley, Chief Engineer and Surveyor)
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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Palmer C. Ricketts); includes five photos of wooden
models of Waterford & Lansingburgh Bridge
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Rochester Bridge & Iron Works (Alfred M. Moss, Asst. Engineer)
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Schenectady, City of. (part of letter with description of bridge)
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Shunk, William Findlay
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Stephen Tilton & Co. (George Tilton)
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St. Louis & San Francisco Railway Company (James Dun, Chf. Eng.)
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Thaner School of civil Engineer (Robert Fletcher)
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Thomson, G.H.
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Trowbridge, W.P.
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Union Bridge Company (Thos. J. Long)
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Union Pacific Railway Company (V.G. Bogue, Chief engineer)
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United States Military Academy at West Point. Library (Edward S. Holden, Librarian)
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Vose, Geo.
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Wabash Western Railroad Company (W.C. Lincoln?, Cheif Engineer)
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Watson, Robert M.
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Worthen, Wm. E.
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Outgoing Correspondence
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. (Onward Bates, Office of Engr. and Supt't,
Bridges and Buildings)
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Correspondence among others
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H. Bissell to Albert Cumier
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Series II. Additional papers
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| Box 1 | Folder 5-6 |
Notes
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| Box 1 | Folder 7 |
Reports
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Series III. Drawings, Prints, Blueprints
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| Mapcase Folder 12 |
Barren River bridge, Louisville & Nashville RR
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
See: Fink triangular truss bridges
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| Mapcase Folder 17 |
Blue River Bridge
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1858 | |
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17.5 x 11.5
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Photolithograph on thin paper
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Scope and Contents
General Plan of Blue River Bridge. J.M. & I.R.R Jeffersonville, Madison, & Indianapolis
R.R. [ARB Pl. XIX]
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| Mapcase Folder 14 |
Bollman Patent Iron Suspension Truss Bridge
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1871-03-17 | |
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19.5 x 13.5
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4 copies
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Lithograph on thin paper
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Scope and Contents
Bollman Patent Iron Suspension Truss Bridge Built by Wendell Bollman, Patapsco Bridge
& Iron Works Established 1858 at Canton Office: No. 8 South Gay St. Baltimore [ARB
Pl. XII]
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| Mapcase Folder 62 |
Bollman Patent Iron Suspension Truss Bridge
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Undated | |
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39 x 24
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Elevation of truss; cross-section; plan of floor bracing; plan of top bracing; intermediate
post; pedestal
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| Mapcase Folder 60 |
Brandywine Creek Bridge, New York & Erie RR, 1848 (Whipple)
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1848 | |
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37.5 x 30.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Brandywine Creek Bridge, N.Y. & E.R.R., Susquehanna Div. Sec. 199. Designed and built
by Squire Whipple C E 1848. Scale one inch to three feet.
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| Mapcase Folder 37 |
Bridge parts: channels and ends of posts
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Undated | |
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37.5 x 17.5
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Scope and Contents
Untitled drawing in red and black, labelled: " 10" channels, 93 lbs. pr. yd."
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| Mapcase Folder 46 |
Bridge parts: counter rod
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Undated | |
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38 x 25
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Print on vellum
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Scope and Contents
Intermediate post, pedestal, suspension bars (2), upper chord panel
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| Mapcase Folder 1 |
Bridge parts: joints
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13 x 10
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Scope and Contents
Untitled drawing of metal (?) joints
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| Mapcase Folder 18 |
Bridge parts: shoes, washers, posts
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Undated | |
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24.5 x 18
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Scope and Contents
Untitled diagrams of shoes, washers, and posts (side and top views)
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| Mapcase Folder 3 |
Bridge parts: trusses
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1861-04-13 | |
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17.5 x 14
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Scope and Contents
18 untitled diagrams of trusses, including details of joints, etc.
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| Mapcase Folder 47 |
Bridge specifications, force diagram
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1887-12-06 | |
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37.5 x 24
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Scope and Contents
Alternative of Class B, Cooper's specifications.
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| Mapcase Folder 44 |
Bridge specifications: truss
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Undated | |
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22.5 x 31
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Scope and Contents
Untitled table of measurements for parts of truss (T.C., M.B., C.B., Post, and B.C.;
i.e., chords, bars, and posts?) with 16 joints, with corresponding diagram of truss
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| Mapcase Folder 4 |
Bridge type: drawbridge
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Undated | |
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23 x 12
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Blueprint
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Scope and Contents
Untitled blueprint diagram of a drawbridge, side elevation
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| Mapcase Folder 25 |
Bridge type: suspension
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Undated | |
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27 x 18
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Scope and Contents
Untitled color drawing of tubular (?) suspension (?) bridge
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| Mapcase Folder 59 a,b |
Cascade Glen Arch, New York & Erie RR
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1848 | |
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31.5 x 30.5; 23 x 30.5
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Print in two consecutive pieces
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Scope and Contents
Cascade-Glen Arch. 275 ft. Span. Delaware Division N.Y. & E.R.R., 1848. Designed by
Julius W. Adams Resident Engineer (1893 Past President & Honorary Member Am. Soc.
C.E.)
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| Mapcase Folder 30 |
Chemung River bridge
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1872-04-02 | |
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40 x 23
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2 copies
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Wrought iron railroad bridge over the Chemung River at Elmira, N.Y. Erie Railway.
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| Mapcase Folder 61 |
Columbia Bridge over Schuylkill River, Salmon River Bridge
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1832 | |
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36 x 31
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Scope and Contents
Columbia Bridge across the Schuylkill River near Peters' Island. Philadelphia & Columbia
Railroad.
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| Mapcase Folder 19 |
Cumberland River Bridge, Louisville & Nashville RR
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Undated | |
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22.5 x 17.5
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Lithograph on tracing (?) paper
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Scope and Contents
Cumberland River Bridge L. & N. R. R. Nashville Tenn.
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| Mapcase Folder 64 a,b |
David Lyman Viaduct--details, etc.
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1869 | |
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24 x 31
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Scope and Contents
David Lyman Viaduct, New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic RR 1869" [from verso]:
"Details of Connections for Combination Viaduct. Built November 1869 By Clarke, Reeves
& Co., Now: The Phoenix Bridge Co. Phoenixville, Pa.
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| Mapcase Folder 63 a,b,c |
David Lyman Viaduct--general plan
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1869 | |
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40.5 x 31; 24 x 25.5; 24 x 31
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Print in three consecutive pieces
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Scope and Contents
General Plan David Lyman Viaduct, New Haven, Middletown & Willimantic RR Built by
The Phoenix Bridge Co. Phoenixville Pa. 1869. General elevation, Horizontal section
at AB. . Middle piece also includes "Top view.
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| Mapcase Folder 66 a,b |
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh R.R. Bridge
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1892-03-21 | |
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30.5 x 29; 17.5 x 28.5
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Print in two pieces
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Scope and Contents
Dunkirk, Allegheny Valley & Pittsburgh R.R. Bridge at Youngsville, Pa.
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| Mapcase Folder 28 |
Easton Bridge and Schuylkill Permanent Bridge
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Undated | |
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27.5 x 12.5
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Drawing
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Scope and Contents
Highway bridge over the river Delaware at Easton, Pa. [ARB Pl. V]
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| Mapcase Folder 35 |
Easton Bridge elevation and side view
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Undated | |
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40.5 x 13.5
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Drawing
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Scope and Contents
Highway bridge over the river Delaware at Easton, Pa.
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| Mapcase Folder 9 |
Economy bridge, Wernwag's Bridges
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Undated | |
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With four other bridges on lithograph
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Scope and Contents
Bridge 'Economy,' The Principle of which is across Neshaminy, on the Post Road from
Philada. to N. York & over Frankfort Creek
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| Mapcase Folder 10 |
Elizabeth River bridge, Fink bridges on the Norfolk & Petersburg RR
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1860 | |
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25.5 x 19.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Bridges on the Norfolk and Petersburg Rail Road. Bridge over South Branch of Elizabeth
River (Fig. 14). Bridge at Petersburg, Va. (Fig. 16). Bridge at Norfolk, Va. (Fig.
18.)
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| Mapcase Folder 48 |
Fink combination bridge [composite]
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Undated | |
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40 x 27
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4 copies
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Print
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Scope and Contents
5 individual plans (plus details) on single sheet, Whipple Trapezoidal Truss; Plan
of Green River Bridge; 400 feet span of Ohio River Br. at Louisville; General Plan
of Blue River Bridge [ARB Pl. XIV]
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| Mapcase Folder 13 |
Fink triangular truss bridges, Baltimore & Ohio
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1860 | |
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25.5 x 19.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Bridges on the Baltimore and Ohio, and North Western Virginia Rail Road; on the Plan
Patented by Albert Fink.
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| Mapcase Folder 12 |
Fink triangular truss bridges, N. W. Virginia
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1860 | |
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25 x 19.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Bridges on the North Western Va. and Louisville and Nashville R.R. on the plan patented
by Albert Fink
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| Mapcase Folder 29 |
Fink triangular truss: details
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Undated | |
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38 x 25.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Details of Fink Triangular truss
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| Mapcase Folder 20 |
Goelzsch-Thal Viaduct, Saxony, Kinzua Viaduct; Pecos River Viaduct
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1900 | |
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22 x 20
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Blueprint
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Scope and Contents
Over the Valley of the Goelzsch Creek, Saxony. Saxo-Bavarian R.R.. Time of construction:
6 years; extreme height: 260 feet length over all: 1900 feet; cost: 7,000,000 Marks
[$1,680,000]
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| Mapcase Folder 10 |
Green River Bridge, Fink bridges on the Norfolk & Petersburg Rail Road
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Plan of Green River Bridge Louisville & Nashville Rail Road, full side view [part
of ARB Pl. XV]
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| Mapcase Folder 31 a |
Gwynn's Falls Bridge: chord details
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Undated | |
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38 x 24.5
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Scope and Contents
Chord Details of Gwynn's Falls Bridge on Washn Line B. & P. R. R. Long Span
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| Mapcase Folder 31 b |
Gwynn's Falls Bridge: compression members A-C
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Undated | |
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38.5 x 24
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Scope and Contents
Details of Compression Memb'rs Gwynn's Falls Bridge on Washn Line B. & P. R. R
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| Mapcase Folder 31 c |
Gwynn's Falls Bridge: compression members D-G
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Undated | |
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37 x 24.5
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Scope and Contents
Details of Compression Memb'rs Gwynn's Falls Bridge on Washn Line B. & P. R. R
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| Mapcase Folder 31 d |
Gwynn's Falls Bridge: floorsystem
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Undated | |
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37.5 x 25.5
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Scope and Contents
Details of Floorsystem Gwynn's Falls Bridge on Washn Line B. & P. R. R
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| Mapcase Folder 31 e |
Gwynn's Falls Bridge: intersections
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Undated | |
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38.5 x 25
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Scope and Contents
Details of Intersections Gwynn's Falls Bridge on Washn Line B. & P. R. R. Long Span
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| Mapcase Folder 31 f |
Gwynn's Fall Bridge: struts
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Undated | |
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38 x 24.5
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Scope and Contents
Diagram and Details of Struts. Gwynn's Falls Bridge on Washn Line B. & P. R. R
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| Mapcase Folder 82 |
Harpers Ferry Bridge (timber)
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1836 | |
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24 x26; 41.5 x 30.5
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Scope and Contents
Harper's Ferry Bridge B. & O. R.R.. Designed by B. H. Latrobe. Built by Lewis Wernwag,
General plan [crosses both Potomac R. and Chesapeake & Ohio Canal]; elevation of truss;
cross-sections; plans; other details
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| Mapcase Folder 65 |
Harpers Ferry Bridge (iron)
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1852 | |
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17 x 26
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Scope and Contents
Winchester Span. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Designed by Wendel Bollman
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| Mapcase Folder 33 |
Howe truss bridge
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1840 | |
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26 x 13.5
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Drawing on vellum
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Scope and Contents
[ARB Pl. XI]
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| Mapcase Folder 72 |
Howe truss bridge, iron
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1849 | |
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37.5 x 30
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Iron Howe Truss Bridge. Boston & Providence R.R.. Built by Stone & Harris, Springfield,
Mass.
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| Mapcase Folder 73 |
Howe truss bridge, modern type
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1890 | |
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40.5 x 30.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Modern Type Arched Howe Truss. Wilson Brothers & Co. Engineers, Philadelphia
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| Mapcase Folder 74 |
Howe truss bridge, 2d form, Salisbury, Ct.
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1870 | |
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37 x 30.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Howe Truss Bridge at Salisbury, Conn. Built in 1870. By R.F. Hawkins. 130 ft. span.
Presented by R.F. Hawkins' Iron Works. Springfield, Mass. Successors to Wm. Howe,
Stone & Harris and Harris & Hawkins
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| Mapcase Folder 71 |
Howe truss bridge (first Howe railroad bridge), Springfield, Mass.
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1838 | |
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38.5 x 30.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Howe Truss Bridge over the Connecticut River, Springfield, Mass. Built about 1838
by Wm. Howe. Presented by R.F. Hawkins' Iron Works Springfield, Mass. Successors to
Wm. Howe, Stone & Harris and Harris & Hawkins
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| Mapcase Folder 70 |
Howe truss bridge (first Howe railroad bridge), Springfield, Mass.
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1838 | |
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34 x 30.5
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Blueprint
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Scope and Contents
7 views: elevation; cross-section; details of bottom chord; longitudinal section;
plan showing bottom chord; details of top chord; top plan. Lower rt.: "Pontrichet's
improved sunprint"
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| Mapcase Folder 21 |
Hudson River Tunnel
|
1881 | |
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17.5 x 19
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Longitudinal and cross section, showing new method of employing a caisson and completing
the walls; also, method of driving pilot tunnel and removing the silt.
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| Mapcase Folder 51 |
Jones' Falls bridge
|
Undated | |
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41 x 24.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Northern Central RR "N. C. Ry. Bridge over Jones' Falls, Details of Diagram
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| Mapcase Folder 102 a,b,c,d |
Jordan Creek Viaduct (cast iron)
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1856 | |
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20.5 x 31.5; 39.5 x 31.5; 22 x 31; 15.5 x 31; 29 x 31.5
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Print in five pieces
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Scope and Contents
General Plan of the Jordan Creek Viaduct, for the Catasauqua & Fogelsville R.R. Designed
constructed & erected by F.C. Lowthorp. Built 1856 Rebuilt 1889
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| Mapcase Folder 101 a,b,c |
Jordan Creek Viaduct, 1889 (Chapman)
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1889 | |
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40.5 x 28; 37 x 31
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Print In two consecutive pieces; entire longitudinal view
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Scope and Contents
C. W. Chapman, spt. Engr. Designed, constructed & erected by Edge Moor Bridge Works,
Edge Moor, Del.
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| Box 3 |
Jordan Creek Viaduct, duplicate
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1889 | |
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Scope and Contents
Includes cross-section and additional details; very long, rolled
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| Mapcase Folder 100 |
Jordan Creek Viaduct
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1893 | |
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40.5 x 28
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Two longitudinal views: top: "built 1856;" bottom: "built 1889;" noted at lower right
corner: Wm. C. Bolgiano 1893;" stamped: "Pontrichet's improved sunprint
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| Mapcase Folder 80 a,b |
Kentucky River Bridge
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1877 | |
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24.5 x 30.5; 25.5 x 30.5
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Print in two pieces
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Scope and Contents
Kentucky River Bridge. Cincinnati & Southern Railway. Designed and built by C. Shaler
Smith
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| Mapcase Folder 54 |
Keystone Bridge Company (bridge details only)
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1868 | |
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42 x 28
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Print
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Scope and Contents
The Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., manufacturers of Linville and Piper
patent wrought iron bridges. Patented Jan. 14th 1862 and Oct. 31st 1865. Especially
adapted to Rail Road Traffic for spans of 100 to 400 feet
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| Mapcase Folder 20 |
Kinzua Viaduct
|
Undated | |
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22 x 20
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Blueprint
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Scope and Contents
Kinzua Viaduct, Penn'a. N.Y.L.E. & West. Coal & R.R. Co.
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| Mapcase Folder 93 |
Kinzua Viaduct: details of connections
|
1893 | |
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31 x 40
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Kinzua Viaduct Details of Connections. Design. and built by the Phenix [sic] Bridge
Comp. Phoenixville, Pa.
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| Mapcase Folder 94 a,b |
Kinzua Viaduct: general elevation
|
1882 | |
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31 x 41; 31 x 40
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Print in two consecutive pieces
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Scope and Contents
General Plan Kinzua Viaduct N.Y.L.E. & W.RR. designed & built by the Phoenix Bridge
Co. Phoenixville, Pa.
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| Box 4 |
Kinzua Viaduct: general elevation, duplicate
|
1882 | |
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Blueprint
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| Mapcase Folder 5 |
Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge
|
Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Lancaster-Schuylkill Bridge Over the River at Philadelphia. Single arch. Invented
by Lewis Wernwag - Executed by him & Joseph Johnson. General Finish by R. Mills Esq
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| Mapcase Folder 43 |
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
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1883-10-29 | |
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36 x 20
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Cos. Rail Road Bridge at Turn hole. Broken April 1868
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| Mapcase Folder 32 |
Lilandsosen bridge, Norway
|
Undated | |
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28 x 8.5
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Blueprint
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Scope and Contents
Bro over Lilandsosen vel Bulken
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| Mapcase Folder 83 |
Little Juniata, cast iron arch bridge
|
1864 | |
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39.5 x 30.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Little Juniata Bridge, No. 8, Pensylvania [sic] Railroad. Designed by J.H. Linville
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| Mapcase Folder 67 |
Long's Truss bridge, 1st form
|
1833 | |
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36.5 x 30.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Long's Truss Bridge, 1833 double track; 6 separate views: side view of truss; plan
(?) of truss; x-sect.; post; main brace; counter brace
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| Mapcase Folder 39 |
Long's Truss bridge, 2nd form
|
1837 | |
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37.5 x 30.5
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Pen & ink drawing on vellum
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Scope and Contents
Single track, "2d form"; untitled, but 6 views correspond to those of "1833" above
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| Mapcase Folder 39 |
Long's Truss bridge, 2nd form
|
1837 | |
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35.5 x 24
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Single track, "2d form"; untitled, but 6 views correspond to those of "1833" above
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| Mapcase Folder 75 |
Long's Truss bridge, 2nd form
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1837 | |
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35.5 x 24
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Duplicate of Other Long's Truss bridge, 2nd form
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| Mapcase Folder 68 |
Lowthorp Truss bridge, Lanesboro, Pa.
|
1860 | |
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40.5 x 30.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Lowthorp Truss Bridge. Designed and patented by F.C. Lowthorp Trenton, N.J [ARB Pl.
XXV]
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| Mapcase Folder 76 |
McCallum Truss Bridge. Lanesboro, Pa.
|
1851 | |
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37.5 x 30.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
McCallum Truss Bridge. Lanesboro. N.Y. & E.R.R. Clear span 190 ft. Length of trusses
200 ft. out to out. Built 1851
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| Mapcase Folder 12 |
Middle Island Creek Bridge
|
Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
North Western Virginia Railroad
|
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| Mapcase Folder 24 |
Milholland's boiler plate girder bridge
|
1882 | |
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28 x 22
|
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Blueprint
|
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Scope and Contents
Earliest Boiler Plate Girder Bridge as originally erected on the Baltimore & Susquehanna
Railroad now the Northern Central Railway, 1846-47 By its designer James Milholland
of Baltimore MD
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| Mapcase Folder 24 |
Milholland's boiler plate girder bridge
|
1882 | |
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30.5 x 26
|
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Earliest Boiler Plate Girder Bridge as originally erected on the Baltimore & Susquehanna
Railroad now the Northern Central Railway, 1846-47 By its designer James Milholland
of Baltimore MD
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| Mapcase Folder 34 |
Mohawk Bridge
|
1804 | |
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36 x 10
|
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2 copies
|
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Rough pen-and-ink sketch on vellum
|
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Scope and Contents
Plan for the Mohawk Bridge at Schenectady" [with notations: Theodore Burr and James
Murdoch [ARB Pl. VIII]
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| Mapcase Folder 6 |
Monongahela River bridge
|
1852 | |
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24 x 19
|
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Iron Bridge Over the Monongahela River on the Baltimore & Ohio R.Rd [ARB Pl. XIII]
|
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| Mapcase Folder 9 |
New Hope bridge
|
Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Bridge over the Delaware at New Hope
|
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| Mapcase Folder 86 a,b |
New York Central & Hudson R. RR ... bridge ... Bronx R.
|
Undated | |
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16 x 29; 40 x 29.5
|
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Print in two pieces
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Scope and Contents
N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. Harlem Div. Bridge No. 48 over Bronx River
|
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| Mapcase Folder 40 |
New York Central & Hudson R. RR ... bridge ... Castleton Station
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1892-08-04 | |
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35.5 x 19.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
N.Y.C. and H.R.R.R. Bridge No. 341 near Castleton Station
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| Mapcase Folder 40 |
New York Central & Hudson R. RR ... bridge ...Erie Canal, Canastota
|
1865 | |
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36 x 30; 40 x 30
|
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Print in two pieces
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Scope and Contents
N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. Double Track, Riveted Lattice Bridge over the Erie Canal at Canastota,
N.Y.
|
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| Mapcase Folder 90 a,b |
New York Central & Hudson R. RR ... bridge ... Genesee River, Rush Junction
|
1892-09-13 | |
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28 x 27; 27 x 27
|
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Print in two consecutive pieces
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Scope and Contents
New York Central & Hudson River R.R. , Can. & N. Falls Branch, Bridge #P30 over Genesee
River near Rush Junction
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| Mapcase Folder 95 a,b |
New York Central & Hudson R. RR ... bridge ... Kinderhook Creek at Stockport
|
Undated | |
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27 x28; 24.5 x 28
|
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Print in two consecutive pieces
|
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Scope and Contents
N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R. Hudson River Division Bridge #307 over Kinderhook Creek at Stockport,
N.Y.
|
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| Mapcase Folder 77 a,b |
New York, Lake Erie & Western RR ... bridge over Susquehanna
|
1891 | |
|
19.5 x 30.5; 37 x 20.5
|
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Print in two pieces
|
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Scope and Contents
N.Y.L.E. & W.R.R.. Bridge No. 73 Susquehanna Div.
|
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| Mapcase Folder 36 |
New York, Lake Erie & Western RR ... miles of track
|
1888-09-30 | |
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29 x 17.5
|
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Blueprint
|
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Scope and Contents
Miles of track owned, leased, and operated by the N.Y.L.E. & W.R.R.Co
|
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| Mapcase Folder 10 |
Norfolk, Va. Fink bridges on the Norfolk & Petersburg RR
|
Undated | |
| Box 2 |
Ohio River Bridge, Henderson, Kentucky
|
Undated | |
|
44 x 7
|
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Blueprint
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
General design. Ohio River bridge. Henderson Ky
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 8 |
Ohio River Bridge, Louisville, Kentucky
|
1868 | |
|
22 x 17
|
|||
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Lithograph on thin paper
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
400 Feet Span of the Ohio River Bridge at Louisville, Ky. [ARB Pl.XVIII]
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Patent bridge "Colossus"
|
Undated | |
|
18 x 17
|
|||
|
Print on vellum
|
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| Mapcase Folder 49 |
Patent bridge "Colossus" [composite]
|
Undated | |
|
40 x 27.2
|
|||
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2 copies
|
|||
|
Print
|
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|
Scope and Contents
11 individual plans, 8 of which also appear as separate pieces elsewhere in the collection;
the 2 others are: "Schuylkill Permanent Bridge, built by Timothy Palmer" and "Patent
Bridge 'Colossus' across the River Schuylkill at Philadelphia, built by Lewis Wernwag."
[part of ARB Pl. IX]
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| Mapcase Folder 20 |
Pecos River Viaduct, Goelzsch-Thal Viaduct; Kinzua Viaduct
|
1888-04-26 | |
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22 x 20
|
|||
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Blueprint
|
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|
Scope and Contents
Pecos River Viaduct (Texas - Galveston, Harrisburg, & San Antonio Rail Road)
|
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| Mapcase Folder 20 |
Pecos River Viaduct
|
1893 | |
|
14 x 25; 36 x 25; 39 x 25
|
|||
|
3 copies each
|
|||
|
Print in three consecutive pieces
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Untitled diagram identical to the other set of Pecos River Viaduct
|
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| Mapcase Folder 96 a,b |
Pecos River Viaduct, details
|
1891 | |
|
27 x 24
|
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Scope and Contents
Pecos River Viaduct. Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio RR
|
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| Mapcase Folder 7 |
Penn Bridge and Machine Works
|
Undated | |
|
24 x 16.5
|
|||
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Lithograph
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Penn Bridge and Machine Works. New Brighton, Pa. T. B. White and Sons. Proprietors
|
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| Mapcase Folder 10 |
Petersburg, Virginia, Fink bridges on the Norfolk & Petersburg RR
|
Undated | |
| Mapcase Folder 38 |
Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis RR bridge, chord bars
|
1888-12 | |
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19 x 5
|
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Blueprint
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Channel Span: Bridge No. 30- P.C. & St. L. Ry. - Plan of Chord Bars
|
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| Mapcase Folder 38 |
Pittsburg, Cincinnati & St. Louis RR bridge, truss diagram
|
1888-12-04 | |
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38 x 17.5
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Blueprint
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Channel Span of Bridge 30: P.C. & St. L. Ry. Chief Engineers Office
|
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| Mapcase Folder 69 a,b |
Portage Viaduct (timber)
|
1852 | |
|
33 x 30.5; 23 x 30.5
|
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|
Scope and Contents
Viaduct across the Genesee River at Portage, N.Y. Buffalo and New York City Railroad
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 52 |
Post's patent diagonal truss combination bridge
|
Undated | |
|
40 x 26.5
|
|||
|
Print
|
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|
Scope and Contents
Post's patent diagonal truss combination bridge
|
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| Mapcase Folder 53 |
Post's patent diagonal truss iron bridge
|
1860 | |
|
40 x 26.5
|
|||
|
Lithograph on thick paper
|
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|
Scope and Contents
Post's patent diagonal truss iron bridge
|
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| Mapcase Folder 78 |
Post's truss bridge, New York and Erie RR
|
1865 | |
|
37.5 x 30.5
|
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|
Print
|
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|
Scope and Contents
First Example Post's Truss Bridge. South Washingtonville, N.Y. Newburgh Branch, N.Y.
& E.R.R.
|
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| Mapcase Folder 55 |
Pratt truss bridge, over Merrimac River, Eastern RR
|
1877-04 | |
|
45 x 28
|
|||
|
Drawing
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Plan of Draw, Newburyport Bridge, Eastern Railroad
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 79 |
Pratt truss bridge, over Merrimac River, Eastern RR
|
1877 | |
|
37 x 30
|
|||
|
Print
|
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Scope and Contents
Pratt Truss Bridge over the Merrimac River at Newburyport, Mass. on the Eastern Railroad
|
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| Mapcase Folder 85 a,b |
Rockville Bridge (wooden arch), Pennsylvania RR
|
1849 | |
|
37.5 x 30.5; 24.5 x 30.5
|
|||
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Print in two consecutive pieces
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Pensylvania [sic] Railroad Bridge over the Susquehanna River at Rockville
|
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| Mapcase Folder 61 |
Salmon River bridge, Columbia Bridge
|
1849 | |
|
36 x 31
|
|||
|
Print
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Bridge across Salmon River Malone N.Y. Northern Railroad
|
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| Mapcase Folder 28 |
Schuylkill Permanent Bridge, Easton Bridge; Patent Bridge "Colossus," and Wernwag's
bridges
|
Undated | |
|
25 x 13
|
|||
|
Color drawing
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Schuylkill Permanent Bridge [ARB Pl. IV]
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 12 |
Simpsons Creek Bridge
|
Undated | |
|
Scope and Contents
Fink triangular truss bridges, North Western Virginia RR
|
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| Mapcase Folder 81 |
Steubenville Bridge, channel span
|
1963 | |
|
40.45 x 30.5
|
|||
|
Print
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Channel Span Steubenville Bridge. Built 1863-64. Designed by J. H. Linville C.E.
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 45 |
Steubenville Bridge, details of end posts
|
1863 | |
|
16.5 x 18.5
|
|||
|
Blueprint
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Details of end posts Spans 1-2-3 & 5 to 8 - Steubenville bridge
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 45 |
Steubenville Bridge, details of front posts
|
1853-06-13 | |
|
35 x 25.5
|
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|
Blueprint
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Steubenville Bridge Span No. 4 Details of front posts
|
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| Mapcase Folder 12 |
Sulphur Fork Bridge
|
Undated | |
|
Scope and Contents
Fink triangular truss bridges, Louisville & Nashville RR
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 27 |
Suspension truss bridge, Troy & Greenfield RR
|
Undated | |
|
27 x 18
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Suspension truss bridge as designed for the Troy & Greenfield R. R. by H. Haupt C.
E.
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 2 |
Susquehanna River bridge, Baltimore & Ohio RR
|
1894-01-17 | |
|
67 x 9
|
|||
|
Blueprint
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
General Design for Susquehanna River Bridge Philadelphia Branch B. & O. R.Rd.
|
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| Mapcase Folder 89 |
Susquehanna River bridge, New York & Erie RR
|
1849 | |
|
Print
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Bridge over East Branch of Susquehanna River. Section 179. Susquehanna Division. N.
Y. & E. R. R
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 15 |
Tennessee River bridge, (Fink)
|
1866 | |
|
22.5 x 17.5
|
|||
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3 copies
|
|||
|
Lithograph on thin paper
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Bridge over Tennessee River on the Memphis and Charleston R.R. at Decatur, Ala.
|
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| Mapcase Folder 12 |
Tigarts Valley Bridge
|
Undated | |
|
Scope and Contents
Fink triangular truss bridges, North Western Virginia RR
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 22 |
Town lattice truss
|
Undated | |
|
20 x 21
|
|||
|
2 copies
|
|||
|
Print
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
3 views: cross-section; side elevation; plan [ARB Pl. X]
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 26 |
Town lattice truss
|
1861 | |
|
26 x 18
|
|||
|
Color print
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Railroad bridge over the Hudson at Troy, N.Y.
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 87 |
Town lattice truss (wooden)
|
1851 | |
|
37.5 x 30.5
|
|||
|
Print
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Town's Lattice Bridge over the Hudson River at Troy, N.Y.
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 92 a,b |
Tray Run Viaduct
|
1853 | |
|
32 x 30.5; 38 x 30.5
|
|||
|
Print in two consecutive pieces
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Tray Run Viaduct. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 50 |
Trenton (arch) Bridge
|
1869 | |
|
36 x 24
|
|||
|
2 copies
|
|||
|
Print on gray pape
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Built 1804; reconstructed 1848 and 1869; Theodore Burr, engineer. [ARB Pl. VII]
|
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| Mapcase Folder 88 |
Trenton Falls Bridge, full view
|
1891-08 | |
|
40 x 30.5
|
|||
|
Print
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Trenton Falls Bridge 200' Span, A. & St. L.R.R.
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 84 a,b |
Trenton Falls Bridge, truss details
|
1891-08 | |
|
33 x 30.5; 27. x 30.5
|
|||
|
Print in two continuous pieces
|
|||
|
Scope and Contents
Trenton Falls Bridge 200'-0" Span
|
|||
| Mapcase Folder 57 a |
Turkey Creek bridge, Louisville & Nashville RR
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1888-01-28 | |
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37.5 x 34.5
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Blueprint
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Scope and Contents
Detailed diagrams of posts, joints, cross ties, stringers, chords, etc.
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| Mapcase Folder 57 b |
Turkey Creek bridge
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1888-02-02 | |
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42.5 x 34
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Blueprint
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Scope and Contents
Other Details
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| Mapcase Folder 43 |
Turnhole bridge
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Undated | |
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Scope and Contents
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
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| Mapcase Folder 56 |
Waterford Bridge
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1804 | |
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42 x 11.5
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Drawing
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Scope and Contents
Highway Bridge Over the Hudson River Between Waterford and Lansingburgh, Built of
hewn yellow pine in 1804. Finished Nov 30, 1804; covered in 1814
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| Mapcase Folder 42 |
Waterford Bridge, spans
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1814 | |
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ca. 32 x 18
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3 copies
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Blueprints
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| Mapcase Folder 16 |
Waterford Bridge (presumptive)
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1895-08 | |
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ca. 18 x 16
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Blueprints
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Scope and Contents
Cross Sections
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| Mapcase Folder 9 |
Wernwag's bridges
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1814 | |
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24.5 x 19
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Lithograph
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Scope and Contents
Five bridges, including plans of three: "Bridge over the Delaware at New Hope" [blt.
1814]; "Patent Bridge Colossus, across the Schuylkill at Philadelphia" [blt. 1812];
and "Bridge Economy, the Principle of which is across Neshaminy, on the Post Road
from Philadelphia to N. York & over Frankfort Creek" [blt. 1810]; plus complete elevations
of two covered bridges: "Upper Ferry or Lancaster Schuylkill Bridge" and "Schuylkill
Permanent Bridge"; "Lewis Wernwag" and "Drawn & Engraved by E. G. Gridley" [cf. ARB
Pl. IX]
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| Mapcase Folder 23 |
Wheeling Creek bridge
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1860 | |
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25.5 x 19.5
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Print
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Scope and Contents
Bridge over Wheeling Creek on Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road
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| Mapcase Folder 99 a,b,c,d |
Whipple-Murphy Iron Bridge, Illinois Central RR
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1859 | |
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26 x 30.5; 23 x 30.5; 20.5 x 30.5; 27.5 x 30.5
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Print in four pieces
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Scope and Contents
Whipple Iron Bridge built for the Illinois Central R. R. by A. & P. Roberts
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| Mapcase Folder 41 |
Whipple trapezoidal truss, Rensselaer & Saratoga RR
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1853 | |
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35 x 22.5; 38.5 x 24.5; 39 x 25
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3 copies
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Print
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Scope and Contents
The Whipple trapezoidal truss. Built 1852-53 on the Rensselaer & Saratoga R. R., 7
miles north of Troy, N.Y. [ARB Pl. XVI]
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| Mapcase Folder 11 |
Willimansett bridge
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1883-01-29 | |
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25 x 20
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Drawing on blueprint paper
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Scope and Contents
Connecticut River Railroad Co., Willimansett bridge. Ties and guards
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| Mapcase Folder 91 a,b |
Yakima River bridge
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1886 | |
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33 x 31; 30 x 31
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Print in two consecutive pieces
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Scope and Contents
300 Feet Span. Combination Bridge over Yakima River. Cascade Div'n, North'n Pacific
R.R.. Washington. Buck & McNulty, Engineers.
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