. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . until this time, andthe preservation of their life andutility under conditions which the de-signers could have had no conceptionof, are high tributes to the sturdinessof this type of truss, the excellenceof the workmanship and materialsrepresented in the complete struc-tures. These vanishing examples of earlybridge design for railroad super-structures, merit an honorable placeas representatives of an importantchapter in the evolution of themodern railroad bridge, and con-stitute an enduring monument of theingenious and satisfactory manner inwhich a pas
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . until this time, andthe preservation of their life andutility under conditions which the de-signers could have had no conceptionof, are high tributes to the sturdinessof this type of truss, the excellenceof the workmanship and materialsrepresented in the complete struc-tures. These vanishing examples of earlybridge design for railroad super-structures, merit an honorable placeas representatives of an importantchapter in the evolution of themodern railroad bridge, and con-stitute an enduring monument of theingenious and satisfactory manner inwhich a past generation of railroadbuilders encountered and solved theproblems of their day. It is interesting to recall that thesestructures were built under directionof J. L. Randolph, chief engineer,Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, from1863 to 1883, and in one pier of eachbridge there was inserted a marblestone bearing the inscription J- , Chief Engineer—1873. The erection of the new bridges is Baltimore and Ohio Magazine, October, IQSJ. Bridge No. 129, Valley Railroad of Virginia, Baltimore Division West End, Verona, Va. pro<^ressing rapidly; each week one The Valley of Virginia is always hanging heavy with fruit, and a old span is removed and two new beautiful, esi^ecially at this harvest visitor now may not only see Nature deck plate girder sjians substituted, season of the year when its thousands resjDlendent but also get a last peek without interference with traffic. upon thousands of apple trees are at these old BoUman Trusses.
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