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s0000047 |
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10/28/98 |
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08/26/10 |
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| cables |
steel
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| deck truss |
steel
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main span |
250 m | | |
number of cables |
4 |
| deck |
deck depth |
5.50 m |
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| September 1852
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| Construction begins. |
| 10 October 1854
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| Two men die on a collapsing scaffold |
| 8 March 1855
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| First locomotive named "London" crosses the bridge at 8 miles per hour |
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| Bridge has since been replaced. |
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Spanning Niagara: The International Bridge 1848-1962, University of Washington Press, Seattle (USA) , 1984.
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Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton University Press, Princeton (USA) , ISBN 069102393X, 1983; pp. 76-8.
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Brown, David J. Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA) , ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 81.
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Deswarte, Sylvie L'architecture et les ingénieurs, Moniteur, Paris (France) , ISBN 2281190994, 1997; pp. 134.
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John A. Roebling's Sons Company Construction of Parallel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges, John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Trenton (USA) , 1925.
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Kahlow, Andreas Different Manners of Constructing in Different Contexts, presented at Third International Congress on Construction History, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, Germany , 20th-24th May 2009.
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Picon, Antoine L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France) , ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 333-334.
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Prade, Marcel Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France) , ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 79.
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Roebling, John A. Final Report of John A. Roebling, civil engineer, to the presidents of the Niagara Falls suspension and Niagara Falls international bridge companies, Steam Press of Lee, Mann & Co., Rochester (USA) , 1855.
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Roebling, John A. Memoir of the Niagara Falls Suspension and Niagara Falls International Bridge, London (United Kingdom) , 1856.
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Troitsky, M. S. Cable-Stayed Bridges, Crosby Lockwood Staples, London (United Kingdom) , ISBN 0258970340, 1977.
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Werner, Göran John August Roebling - The Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge, presented at Second International Congress on Construction History, Queens' College, Cambridge University; 29/03-02/04/2006.
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