Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1848-11-16
REMINGTON. The GREAT VIRGINIA IN
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.Noreiiy N Bridge BaHG' nl'e 80 m,
cr5ei Sum- Of the "ltGrflUl oH"9es WHICH "lece"' lP
in' Mort" w aIrs had -i'en u d" NJ "
u'%. inc'ulng me '"ou.1t oiiD-e o'ei " -
the britannia 'uo1@' oI'1ee'"1H w. go VI.
as -eu :, carry zoe ~ - ; ,,
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!'- u'i7- nc '''.''V II ''. Ii l sIIar
Immediate ".i-h'''''o'' ~ MI, bs
0''n7i',t'7 II . ..5 5-+.rr,ltv sol nnina-rrTr
HI riSi '.'u ..-z ,,lirL IL. have alluded
,..H' y +, ti.L bqs HUI bean com
'5's' " IT,. -s,r Iar-s.re. on an accom-
- ,,f,I'' ~ 1ea6iuG from Inresre to
III '''' '1 - 1t : Mr. ! r R-minrton a
'"Ief w. - =; ,b. I-oi,-i States Of Amer
'l.' III Il Ia io,i,ns ne have before had &c
ia. n seven Il "''os0 Il
cd,I2" II r.tr, III WV 1nrths If its span
lin ,Ii,irnve n, nensions IF the
i''u' Til -'.- .,i + .iII almost aopear i'll
i.tt ~ ot-. !, b.- We s.a,e that the six strin-
o''I''-I - t;.L -,,,-.,-, ,le n,,rLs f,ro,iup the
t,F ,,,,s.,. .,. five inches saua re- at each end
J rr, i7iij in .;za mill at he centre they
~ H. So, ll - ..,.,.,.r inches their Ipnrth h-inr
49,, ~, ;,ai t7n FL, ,rbe sfringers are formed
II ;oa-' al. ti..l.- a.cb ah,pt 2D or Is t-et unr
t.IIt5 ,l1t- III, ,ba b5 technically known az
e.sof, INA t,,a,t, 4 lit If ,,aL y - inch
s ,,ar7 aod ! : ft Ir : fat IN tho qrl,nd project
mar nr,rrarJ ar. '4J anil and firmly clasped
to7-fl,.r with irIn
IIr. Reuipui,n,s own lanruars shall be employed in
describnr iha nri,c,Ia Il, which The bridra is built
THE GREAT nrncpr snGht 10 Ne proved ii this bridge
(,ays Nj i tl3t bean Of timber of whatever SIZE.
shane DR. IenGtb Iyur rzyniav and resting al each
extremity on abuteIs is as strong and will require as
much weght on the top Of it 10 break it, as 1t would take
to break the same piece when pulled onrudinaly in the
direction of the FIBRE Weapprehend thai Mr. Rem
inr,on'S meaning would he better understood if he had
said that tine principle consists in the longitudinal power
of timber bepr applied in curvilinear orm by which
every portion Of he Material is Brought at Opce play,
and Supports an eqnal share Of the strain Instead Of
Sprngng from the abutmens as an arcied, resting up
them as horIz nal bridge. the sngers may be said
hang or be suspended from the thus bringing the
principle Of the longitudinal bearing into action.
W e undrrs and that many practical men to whom the
principle was explained doubted in the first instance its
applicability 10 bridge Of this size, but they now
wiling admit lis complete success. That success. in
Iced, is demonstrated lac bridge Is now ~ use W e
have seen several carrag pass over IT, and have our
selves driven it. There is voraory motion when
,bi, ,-s. 81 ,, tIa hr.dra but there is scarcely
own c,nvi,, f The rIrete r.ufn3h If this novel and
most extr,or,iir,,rv svs.l,n Of bridg- tniIIjpr.
TINA strirars r,va gracefully un,3-Is from each A.
b1nent and then gradually b.nd ina curvnear direc-
rin rn,yarIs ~ TN c-ttrA WI tbe brdye. The lowest
p,int beinq n inches ,y nv l4yel Of the abutmentS
The curves near r he bItneots are DESIGNED more fr
be,uv Than FIR .on,rI bn, we Understand ;bev are in
dsna1sabe in family furd ,ns which is the case in the
present instance There is hand rail on each side of
the brire attached to the or by tres work. and as the
hand mi i Of consider be trerob ana is fixed ID The