. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. wn the bridges of Ispahanare said, in the 7th edition ofthe present work, to have teen built under Shah Abbas I.(1585 to 1628). Heck mentions a bridge at Lioyang in. China, said tohave a length of 26,800 feet, and another at Focheu22,000 feet long, both from 60 to 70 feet wide. § 76. 1700 to 1817.—Old Westminster Bridge (Labelye)and Old Blackfriars Bridge (Mylne), both of which havenow been removed, were built in the middle of the 18thcentury. Their failure after so short a period was due t
. The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ... A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature. wn the bridges of Ispahanare said, in the 7th edition ofthe present work, to have teen built under Shah Abbas I.(1585 to 1628). Heck mentions a bridge at Lioyang in. China, said tohave a length of 26,800 feet, and another at Focheu22,000 feet long, both from 60 to 70 feet wide. § 76. 1700 to 1817.—Old Westminster Bridge (Labelye)and Old Blackfriars Bridge (Mylne), both of which havenow been removed, were built in the middle of the 18thcentury. Their failure after so short a period was due toa defective system of foundation and to the increasedscour caused by the removal of old London Bridge. The Pont-y-tu-Prydd over the River Taff near Newbridgeis shown in fig. 117. The arch measures 140 feet betweenthe abutments, and has a rise or versed sine of 35 width of the soffit is 15 feet 10 inches at the springing,diminishing to 14 feet 5 inches at the crown by six offsets of the arch. Fio. 116.—Llam-wst Bridge, arch stones on the face are 2 feet 6 inches. Fia. 117.—, tne rest of the ring being rubble masonry. This
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