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Probably there is no bridge site on the Western Continent of greater technical as well as historic interest than that of the Niagara Railway Arch. Each of the former bridges at this site possessed in its day new and striking features, and marked a distinct advance in American engineering. The plan of spanning the Niagara gorge with a suspension bridge probably first took practical shape when it was suggested to the Hon. William Hamilton Merritt, of St. Catharines, Ontario, by a description of the Freiburg Suspension Bridge in a letter from a friend. This was in 1844. In 1846, through Mr. Merritt's efforts, charters were obtained from the State of New York and the Canadian Government for the construction of the first bridge across the gorge.
Probably there is no bridge site on the Western Continent of greater technical as well as historic interest than that of the Niagara Railway Arch. Each of the former bridges at this site possessed in its day new and striking features, and marked a distinct advance in American engineering. The plan of spanning the Niagara gorge with a suspension bridge probably first took practical shape when it was suggested to the Hon. William Hamilton Merritt, of St. Catharines, Ontario, by a description of the Freiburg Suspension Bridge in a letter from a friend. This was in 1844. In 1846, through Mr. Merritt's efforts, charters were obtained from the State of New York and the Canadian Government for the construction of the first bridge across the gorge.
The Niagara Railway Arch
Buck, R. S. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 40 ; 125-150
2021-01-01
261898-01-01 pages
Article (Journal)
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Revision of the Niagara Railway Arch Bridge
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Revision of the Niagara railway arch bridge
| Engineering Index Backfile | 1920
Closure to Revision of Niagara Railway Arch Bridge
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