Papers read at the Royal Institute of British Architects (1853)
Royal Institute of British Architects · London, Royal Institute of British Architects · leaf 220
the second stage of their bridge architecture — no doubt derived from the idea of the trestle bridge (Fig. 26). Fig. 25. Fig. 26. Stone-Plank Bridge. Frame-work of Trestle Bridge. In the Fig. 27 the piers are built of many blocks of stone, though two or three long, upright spars of granite are more… … Ilridgo over a Creek near the West Gate of the City of Shanghai. Length of centre slabs of granite, of which there are two, 22 feet ; width of bridge, 4 feet 8 inches ; thickness of slabs, 9 inches. Hid, though narrow, are suitable to the purposes of a people who do not use carts drawn by horses,…
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