| Author(s): |
Marc H. Sawyer
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| Medium: | journal article |
| Language(s): | English |
| Published in: | Civil Engineering Magazine, December 1979, n. 12, v. 49 |
| Page(s): | 46-49 |
| Abstract: |
In 1779, using a new man-made material, skilled English workmen built a single-span bridge of cast iron over a steep river gorge about 140 miles northwest of London. The result was a 424-ton bridge that was the worlds first iron bridge. It was a turning point in engineering history; as it changed the course of the Industrial Revolution by introducing iron as a structural material. |
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