Shaw's Civil architecture; being a complete theoretical and practical system of building, containing the fundamental principles of the art . ssible, the air and rain. When the true principle of building bridges ofwood is discovered, their progressive extension is asreasonable as the increased dimensions of shipping,which, in early ages, was deemed a great work, ifthey amomited to one hundred tons burden; buttime and experience have extended the art of shipbuilding to two thousand tons, and in the combina-tion and arrangement of the various and complicatedparts there certainly is more genius an
Shaw's Civil architecture; being a complete theoretical and practical system of building, containing the fundamental principles of the art . ssible, the air and rain. When the true principle of building bridges ofwood is discovered, their progressive extension is asreasonable as the increased dimensions of shipping,which, in early ages, was deemed a great work, ifthey amomited to one hundred tons burden; buttime and experience have extended the art of shipbuilding to two thousand tons, and in the combina-tion and arrangement of the various and complicatedparts there certainly is more genius and labor re-quired than in erecting a bridge of five hundred orone thousand feet span. But the great demand forshipping has rendered their formation familiar, andtheir increased bulk has gradually grown upon oursenses. But had a man, in the infancy of navalarchitecture, hinted at a vessel of two thousand tons,I am inclined to think his contemporary artists wouldhave branded him as a madman. ; ?ciiislriuii.)!. .M ilif Ari-hiS .itir (?i-iiumiui)-Hi y-M. / \: I -Timmm: \mmm. pmrnmi^r,:^ pmmn i^m^ ^mm:\^-^:j^^. ?T? fT? ffTi rCO Sr3 f^^ rzT, ,>1 7T- I. Ij. 01 ff_ ?J ?/ 0 ? 7 3. F, -^ ??ISJfl/tlf/im Sf BRIDGES. 133 WATERLOO BRIDGE. Plate 95. This bridge, thrown over the River Thames, atLondon, was projected by Mr. George Dodd, aboutthe year 1805. Considerable time, however, elapsedbefore the iiltimate arrangements necessary to carryit into execution were made. The first act was ob-tained in the month of June, 1809, and incorporatedthe proprietors under the name of the Strand BridgeCompany, empowering them to raise the sum of£500,000 in transferrable shares of £100 each; andthe further sum of £300,000, by the issuing newshares, or by mortgage, in case it should be foundnecessary. In July, 1813, a second act was passed,enabling them to raise an additional sum of £200,000;and in July, 1816, a third act was obtained, grantingthe company further powers,
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