History and Development of Steel Railway Bridges - Design of Modern Steel Railway Bridges - page 11

TABLE 1.3
Notable Iron and Steel Simple Truss Span Railway Bridges Constructed between 1823-1907

Location Railroad Engineer Year Completed Type Material L (ft)

West Auckland, UK Stockton to

Darlington

G. Stephenson 1823 Lenticular Cast iron 12.5

Ireland Dublin and Drogheda G. Smart 1824 Lattice Cast iron 84

Manayunk, PA Philadelphia and

Reading

R. Osborne 1845 Howe Cast and wrought iron 34

Pittsfield, MA Boston and Albany — 1847 Howe Cast and wrought iron 30

Windsor, UK Great Western I.K. Brunel 1849 Bowstring Iron 187

Newcastle, UK Northwestern I.K. Brunel 1849 Bowstring Cast and wrought iron 125

— Harlem and Erie — 1850 Howe Iron —

Various Pennsylvania H. Haupt 1850s Pratt with cast iron arch Iron —

Harper's Ferry B&O W. Bollman 1852 Bollman Cast and wrought iron 124

Fairmont, WV B&O A. Fink 1852 Fink Cast and wrought iron 205

— Rennselaer and

Saratoga

S. Whipple 1852 Whipple Iron —

Newark Dyke, UK Great Northern C. Wild 1853 Warren Cast and wrought iron 259

— North Pennsylvania — 1856 Whipple Iron —

Guth, PA, Jordan
Creek

Catasauqua and
Fogelsville

F.C. Lowthorp 1857 — Cast and wrought iron 110

Phillipsburg, NJ Lehigh Valley J.W. Murphy 1859 Whipple (pin-connected) Iron 165

Plymouth, UK Cornish (Great

Western)

I.K. Brunel 1859 Lenticular Wrought iron 455

Frankfort, Germany — — 1859 Lenticular Iron 345

Various NewYork Central H. Carroll 1859 Lattice Wrought iron 90

Kehl River, Germany Baden State Keller 1860 Lattice Iron 197

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