Civil Engineering Reference
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TABLE 1.2 (continued)
Notable Iron and Steel Viaduct Railway Bridges Constructed between 1823-1909
Viaduct
Railroad
Engineer
Year
Material
L
S
(ft)
L
(ft)
H
(ft)
Assenheim, Germany
—
—
∼
1866
Iron
—
—
—
Angelroda, Germany
—
—
∼
1866
Iron
100
300
—
Bullock Pen
Cincinnati and Louisville
F.H. Smith
1868
Iron
—
470
60
Lyon Brook, NY
NewYork, Oswego, and Midland
—
1869
Wrought iron
30
820
162
Rapallo Viaduct
New Haven, Middletown, and Willimantic
—
1869
Iron
30
1380
60
St. Charles Bridge over the
Mississippi River
—
—
1871
—
—
—
—
La Bouble, France
Commentary-Gannat
Nordling
1871
Wrought iron
160
1300
216
Bellon Viaduct, France
Commentary-Gannat
Nordling
1871
Steel
131
—
160
Verragus, Peru
Lima and Oroya
C.H. Latrobe
1872
Wrought iron
110, 125
575
256
Olter, France
Commentary-Gannat
Nordling
1873
Steel
—
—
—
St. Gall, France
Commentary-Gannat
Nordling
1873
Steel
—
—
—
Horse Shoe Run
Cincinnati Southern
L.F.G. Bouscaren
∼
1873
Wrought iron
—
900
89
Cumberland
Cincinnati Southern
L.F.G. Bouscaren
∼
1873
Wrought iron
—
—
100
Tray Run (2)
B&O
—
1875
Steel
—
—
58
Fishing Creek
Cincinnati Southern
L.F.G. Bouscaren
1876
Wrought iron
—
—
79
McKees Branch
Cincinnati Southern
L.F.G. Bouscaren
1878
Wrought iron
—
—
128
Portage, NY
Erie
G.S. Morison and O. Chanute
1875
Wrought iron
50, 100
818
203
Staithes, UK
Whitby and Loftus
J. Dixon
1880
—
—
690
150
Oak Orchard, Rochester, NY
Rome, Watertown, and Western
—
∼
1881
Steel
30
690
80
Kinzua (1), PA
NewYork, Lake Erie, and Western
G.S. Morison, O. Chanute,
1882
Wrought iron
—
2053
302
T.C. Clarke and A. Bonzano
Rosedale, Toronto, ON
Ontario and Quebec
—
1882
—
30, 60
—
—