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TABLE 1.2
Notable Iron and Steel Viaduct Railway Bridges Constructed between 1823-1909
L
L
S
H
Viaduct
Railroad
Engineer
Year
Material
L
S
(ft)
L
(ft)
H
(ft)
Gauntless, UK
Stockton to Darlington
G. Stephenson
1823
Cast iron
12.5
50
∼
15
Newcastle, UK
Northwestern
I.K. Brunel
1849
Cast and wrought iron
125
750
83
Tray Run
B&O
A. Fink
1853
Cast iron
—
445
58
Buckeye
B&O
A. Fink
1853
Cast iron
—
350
46
Crumlin, UK
Newport and Hereford
Liddell and Gordon
1857
Wrought iron
150
1800
210
Guth, PA, Jordan Creek
Catasauqua and Fogelsville
F.C. Lowthorp
1857
Cast and wrought iron
100, 110
1122
89
Belah, UK
—
Sir T. Bouch
1860
Cast and wrought iron
45
960
180
Weston, ON
Grand Trunk
—
1860
Iron
72
650
70
Fribourg, Switzerland
—
Mathieu
1863
Iron
158
1300
250
Creuse, Busseau, France
—
Nordling
1865
Iron
—
940
158
La Cere, France
Orleans
Nordling
1866
Iron
—
775
175
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