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CAST IRON BRIDGE [1 record]

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Record 1 1988-01-11

English

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

The first cast iron bridge was put over the Severn at Coalbrookdale in 1779 by Abraham Darby and John Wilkinson, with a span of over 100 feet, though cast iron had been first used in suspension bridge building some years earlier ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts
CONT

Les ponts en fonte ont pris naissance en Angleterre, à la fin du XVIIIe s.; d'assez nombreux ouvrages ont été réalisés avec ce matériau (...) La fonte résiste mal à la traction et les structures principales étaient donc constituées d'arcs; d'autre part, le matériau était fragile et des cassures se manifestaient, de sorte que de nombreux ponts en fonte ont dû être remplacés.

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