. The book of the garden. Gardening. Suspension bridges are well adapted, not only for crossing rivers, but also for connecting those parts of pleasure-grounds that may be separated by deep gullies or ravines. They are of two kinds—suspen- sion wire bridges, and suspension chain bridges. The former of these are the simplest, and consequently the least ex- pensive. As an instance of the economy of wire bridges, we may state that there was one of them thrown across the Gala Water in Scotland, with a span of one hundred and eleven feet, at a cost, it is asserted, of only forty pounds. And another
. The book of the garden. Gardening. Suspension bridges are well adapted, not only for crossing rivers, but also for connecting those parts of pleasure-grounds that may be separated by deep gullies or ravines. They are of two kinds—suspen- sion wire bridges, and suspension chain bridges. The former of these are the simplest, and consequently the least ex- pensive. As an instance of the economy of wire bridges, we may state that there was one of them thrown across the Gala Water in Scotland, with a span of one hundred and eleven feet, at a cost, it is asserted, of only forty pounds. And another was soon after constructed over the Tweed—a much larger river — the footway of which was four feet wide, at a cost of one hundred pounds. The annexed sketch, fig. 948, will show its principle. It is sustained by wires radiat- Fig. 948. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864. Edinburgh and London, W. Blackwood
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