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| − | <div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block">[[Image:SuspensionBridge-1856%3F%3FOCPL_edited-1.jpg|SuspensionBridge-1856??OCPL_edited-1.jpg]]<br /> [[Image:WheelingSuspensionBridge.gif|WheelingSuspensionBridge.gif]]<br /> ''from the 1870 map of Wheeling ([ | + | <div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block">[[Image:SuspensionBridge-1856%3F%3FOCPL_edited-1.jpg|SuspensionBridge-1856??OCPL_edited-1.jpg]]<br /> [[Image:WheelingSuspensionBridge.gif|WheelingSuspensionBridge.gif]]<br /> ''from the 1870 map of Wheeling ([[References|Chicago Map Co.]])''<br /> Note how east end of bridge seems to go into a building - the drawing is screwed up there!<br /> <br /> [[Image:SuspensionBridge1926PC.jpg|SuspensionBridge1926PC.jpg]]<br /> <br /> [[Image:Bridge-drawing-1984sm.jpg|Bridge-drawing-1984sm.jpg]]<br /> From: Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Long Heft Architects, 1984, by way of [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=hhsheet&fileName=wv/wv0100/wv0117/sheet/browse.db&action=browse&recNum=0&title2=Wheeling%20Suspension%20Bridge,%20Spanning%20East%20channel%20of%20Ohio%20River%20at%20U.S.%20Route%2040,%20Wheeling,%20Ohio%20County,%20WV&displayType=1&maxCols=2&itemLink=D?hh:15:./temp/~ammem_nGBp::@@@mdb=mcc,gottscho,detr,nfor,wpa,aap,cwar,bbpix,cowellbib,calbkbib,consrvbib,bdsbib,dag,fsaall,gmd,pan,vv,presp,varstg,suffrg,nawbib,horyd,wtc,toddbib,mgw,ncr,ngp,musdibib,hlaw,papr,lhbumbib,rbpebib,lbcoll,alad,hh,aaodyssey,magbell,bbcards,dcm,raelbib,runyon,dukesm,lomaxbib,mtj,gottlieb,aep,qlt,coolbib,fpnas,aasm,scsm,denn,relpet,amss,aaeo,mffbib,afc911bib,mjm,mnwp,rbcmillerbib,molden,ww2map,mfdipbib,afcnyebib,hawp,omhbib,rbaapcbib,mal,ncpsbib,ncpm,lhbprbib,ftvbib,afcreed,aipn,cwband,flwpabib,wpapos,cmns,psbib,pin,coplandbib,cola,tccc,curt,mharendt,lhbcbbib,eaa,haybib,mesnbib,fine,cwnyhs,svybib,mmorse,afcwwgbib,mymhiwebib,uncall,afcwip,mtaft,manz,llstbib,fawbib,berl,fmuever,cdn,upboverbib,mussm,cic,afcpearl,awh,awhbib,sgp,wright,lhbtnbib,afcesnbib,hurstonbib,mreynoldsbib,spaldingbib,sgproto LOC].<br /> <br /> |
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[[Image:LefevreFCranstone-Article.jpg|LefevreFCranstone-Article.jpg]]<br /> Unknown to me painting of the Suspension Bridge; image from http://www.novanumismatics.com/numismatic-history/our-nations-first-interstate-its-toll-token/<br /> <br /> | [[Image:LefevreFCranstone-Article.jpg|LefevreFCranstone-Article.jpg]]<br /> Unknown to me painting of the Suspension Bridge; image from http://www.novanumismatics.com/numismatic-history/our-nations-first-interstate-its-toll-token/<br /> <br /> | ||
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* [http://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/suspension-bridge/3287 Excellent collection historic links] from Ohio County Public Library. | * [http://www.ohiocountylibrary.org/wheeling-history/suspension-bridge/3287 Excellent collection historic links] from Ohio County Public Library. | ||
* NY Times [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9807E3D61331E234BC4152DFB3668389649FDE&oref=slogin article] about Congressional discussions about the Wheeling Bridge Case in 1852. | * NY Times [http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9807E3D61331E234BC4152DFB3668389649FDE&oref=slogin article] about Congressional discussions about the Wheeling Bridge Case in 1852. | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:52, 23 April 2018
from the 1870 map of Wheeling (Chicago Map Co.)
Note how east end of bridge seems to go into a building - the drawing is screwed up there!
From: Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, Long Heft Architects, 1984, by way of LOC.
Unknown to me painting of the Suspension Bridge; image from http://www.novanumismatics.com/numismatic-history/our-nations-first-interstate-its-toll-token/
Circus elephants crossing the bridge!
- Excellent collection historic links from Ohio County Public Library.
- NY Times article about Congressional discussions about the Wheeling Bridge Case in 1852.
- NY Times article on the Wheeling Bridge Case in 1852.
- The Wheeling Bridge Case: Its Significance in American Law and Technology - online book
- Wheeling Bridge Case from 1913 history of WV
- Iron Wire used in bridge
- Extensive bridge info
- Google Maps view
- Library of Congress photos from 1976
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