Source: CIV 102 Lectures
Photograph by David P.
Billington
Photograph by David P.
Billington
Photograph by David P.
Billington
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| Designer: |
Abraham Darby III |
| Location: |
Over the Severn River, near Coalbrookdale, England. |
| Built: |
1779 |
| Type: |
Circular arch |
| Dimensions: |
Main span: 100 feet |
| Material: |
Cast iron |
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References:
Beckett, Derrick Great Buildings of the World: Bridges, Paul
Hamlyn, New York (New York), 1969; pp. 52-64.
Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton
University Press, Princeton (NJ), 1983; pp. 29-30, 34, 38-9, 64-6.
Picon, Antoine (ed.) L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions
du Centre Pompidou, Paris (France), 1997; p. 128.
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