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RAILWAY SUSPENSION BRIDGE [1 record]

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Record 1 1988-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
CONT

Roebling designed and built the Niagara Bridge ... that was the first railway suspension bridge. This bridge, which had two stone towers and four chain wire cables, carried trains on an upper deck and vehicles on the lower deck.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
CONT

(...) dès le début du XIXe s., le fer a été utilisé pour construire des ponts suspendus (...) On peut citer (...) le pont ferroviaire suspendu sur le Niagara (1855, portée de 230 m).

Spanish

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