. Concrete bridges and culverts, for both railroads and highways . direction of L. W. Anderson,City Engineer, and was built in 1904 by J. , contractor, of Grand Rapids, Mich. Bridge at Venice, California. At the little town of Venice in lower California,laid out with numerous canals in imitation of Ital-ian Venice, are a number of bridges mostly builtof concrete with features of unusual design. Thetown being on the sea coast, in a region whereflowers and foliage abound, has probably suggestedthe ornamentation. The faces of the arch are elab-orately decorated with festoons, and on the e
. Concrete bridges and culverts, for both railroads and highways . direction of L. W. Anderson,City Engineer, and was built in 1904 by J. , contractor, of Grand Rapids, Mich. Bridge at Venice, California. At the little town of Venice in lower California,laid out with numerous canals in imitation of Ital-ian Venice, are a number of bridges mostly builtof concrete with features of unusual design. Thetown being on the sea coast, in a region whereflowers and foliage abound, has probably suggestedthe ornamentation. The faces of the arch are elab-orately decorated with festoons, and on the ends ofthe balustrade are grotesque figures of sea animalsin concrete, the size of which may be estimated bycomparison with the people on the bridge. Garfield Park Bridge, Chicago. The illustration shows an attractive park bridgebuilt in the year 1593 in Garfield Park. The openbalustrade with the heavy circular piers togetherwith the combination of rough and smooth finishunite to produce a pleasing appearance. Medal-lions on the piers have monograms with the park.
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