Railroad Bridges

Rick A · May 12, 2021

Rider Bridge Failure, New York & Erie Railroad 1850
Great article from www.structuremag.org

STRUCTURE magazine | Rider Bridge Failure, New York & Erie Railroad 1850

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Rick A · May 18, 2021

A 1916 article about a cantilever bridge that didn't work.....

Rick A · Jun 1, 2021

Nice vintage railroad bridge images from Monovisions magazine

Vintage: The Forth Bridge Construction (1890s) | MONOVISIONS - Black & White Photography Magazine

Construction of the bridge began in 1882 and it was opened on 4 March 1890 by the Duke of Rothesay, the future Edward VII. The bridge spans the Forth between the villages of South Queensferry and North Queensferry and has a total length of 8,094 feet (2,467 m). When it opened it had the longest...

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Vintage: Railroad Bridges With Timber Trestles | MONOVISIONS - Black & White Photography Magazine

In the 1830s, the railroad boom started a new era in the building of railroad bridges pushing engineers to build towering wooden bridges that have become synonymous with the era. Timber trestles were one of the few railroad bridge forms that did not develop in Europe. The reason was that in the...

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Rick A · Jul 12, 2021

Interesting study of Truss bridge patents.

https://www.sia-web.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/SIAOccElectPub1.pdf

Rick A · Sep 5, 2021

The Ghost Bridge of Amish Village in Sarasota, Florida.

File:The Ghost Bridge of Amish Village in Sarasota, Florida.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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Rick A · Sep 5, 2021

The Point Ellice Bridge Failure

STRUCTURE magazine | The Point Ellice Bridge Failure

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Rick A · Sep 5, 2021

Tariffville Bridge Disaster

STRUCTURE magazine | Tariffville Bridge Disaster

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EMDGP30 · Sep 12, 2021

I am working in Cleveland and saw this a few days ago

Rick A · Sep 14, 2021

It must have something to do with this:

NICKEL PLATE ROAD | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University

The NICKEL PLATE ROAD (more formally known as the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad) was organized on 3 Feb. 1881 by Geo. I. Seney, Columbus R. C...

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Rick A · Oct 17, 2021

I visited the Livermore Falls lenticular truss bridge. Quite a history and still popular with "jumpers".

Bridge Hunter

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http://livermorefalls.org/wp-content/uploads/Livermore-Falls-Gorge-historic-lenticular-truss-bridge.pdf

Rick A · Oct 19, 2021

A pictorial history of the first railroad bridge across the Mississippi River and its three successors
by Curtis C. Roseman

First Bridge History Main Page | River Action, Inc.

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Rick A · Oct 19, 2021

Bridgeport’s Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge
by Patrick McBriarty

Bridgeport's Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge – Forgotten Chicago | History, Architecture, and Infrastructure

One of the most unique bridges in Chicago still carries train traffic through the Bridgeport neighborhood. The history of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge is intricately woven into the story of the neighborhood, the growth of the city, and the development of the Illinois & Michigan (I&M)...

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