Final plans under way to free Columbia Bridge -- Remember when--back in 1930--the bridge was being built? -- Freeing of toll writes new chapter in hisotry of Columbia Bridge--Roll [sic] Automobile Club is recalled -- John Wright's gateway by Dean Gable -- Franklin's fireplace recalled.
A description of the chain bridge : invented by Judge Finley of Fayette County Pennsylvania with data and remarks illustrative of the power, cost, durability, and comparative superiority of this mode of bridging
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"Presents information on the people and areas of Lebanon affected by the Bridge over Norfolk Southern project. It provides a glimpse of the history of some families who lived in the bridge area; it also provides information on some businesses that were located on the sites where the new bridges will be constructed."--Page ii.
editors Justine Christianson [and three others] ; authors James Barker [and seven others].
ISBN
9780578171067
0578171066
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Publisher
National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record,
Date of Publication
2015.
Physical Description
234 pages : color illustrations
Notes
"This study is conducted under a joint agreement between the Federal Highway Administration -- Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center, and the National Park Service -- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)."
List of Pennsylvania bridges in the study listed on pages 224-225.
"Begins with an account of the building of the first covered wooden bridge in America, the permanent bridge over the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia by Timothy Palmer of Massachusetts, and continues to recount the works and accomplishments of numerous famous bridge builders...With individual maps and informative listings of the existing spans in each state, this book is an indispensable guide to structures past and present...Rare photographs, old prints, cartoons, sketches add enthralling visual interest to the story. It's complete for instant reference, with a full index, glossary, engineering notes and bibliography." [from the publisher]
