The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1879-07-17
rsarlS 81 in sssnsd Is ], Gong Island would be
swept ;ilt5 the Atiantic Ocean.-Harper'S
mi aEast River Bridge.

eSS.fs ltsS ltsSagIlleFEHStt IlfeI DIlukes
HE bridgs noWin process of.construc-
lion tonnecting tliA cities Of New York
and BiDo klyh;Nil :nave the longest sin
irrle; ;span Saof 5f;s ridge< in the world.
kThe mai iESsI,aa MI be 1895 feet six
Sineli es.aiid fly6aI& spans $50 feet each.
:,!ssE BRIDGE ses Resigned in 1867 by
y {R EoetSIing, out hc lied in 1869,
before any #ofk 0rlit had begun, and it
E51as been buiis sntSely under the guild
aspsssas Esasssaf chieS Mss1A' A. N0e0nns' the
The bridge. extf rs from the junction
siSS Sands nd Emit street, in Brooklyn,
Eiiatha.ril street8 New York-a total
length Offs, ,9B h the Brooklyn ap-
siSroach 4 heingy 9Tf&aet, the suspended
Hart s. 1851 feet the New York ap-
sspTaaeh ieaA ieaAiea ,c
S,TEe ap 5f6achesE Esfll consist-of a Sc
lies Of briic Z and gsr mite arches, which,
when finished; WI be ornaments to the
1.-TWO cities. 1T has-sakcn nine years to
complete the towers and anchorages,
seohsffHet Che cables, and get everything
:feadTfor5 theis Suspension of the floor.
PfeDarisg ftie: foundations for the tow
,efS Wa ole of the most difficult parts of
t[is sgor 4; Huge climber caissons, each
si7a feeti6 I'D; a02 feat wide, and twenty
five feet lligh oataining over l,6oO, COO
fset tof timber Asunk below the bed
;offbe rive ahfl ! sths rested on rock or
on AN eqtIaIi Iiy drhS statum. On the
Brooklyn side thu 1vas reached ut a
depth Of ierty Aye Safbelow high water !;
IbuB itswas nee to go seventy-eight
,fief' f'below high water on the New York
side. The rie1lnatic method of sinking
;caissons is Ii6tEhew, but the operations
here suroass@ Sbs their immensity
;eEnrMh hinlE6f bis kind that had. ever:
been done befors he towers are 278
feet high Chei anoliorages are 1919 teet
tbY fI9 Feet at tstlieS base. III feet by l04
feet at the sapa aanE eighty-nine feet high.
The teta E5ipahtitgof granite and lime
ste1esia reS StoWerasand anchorages is
145,, 600 Sufhiy mis- md it required the
coatia,ieut work fs, four years of over
swe2tyq QUART, sin Milne, Massachusetts,,
RaIades sIshniE and Nav York to furnish
aie lecessas.ksurplE ~. In the summer of
1876 the 1nasphrT Wfs completed.
On the 29tR of3faS, 1879 the first wire
for scable .NSsss Stretched across the
rriyeFs There ar{ fanf cables; each con-
sisting pt nifefeef Strands, each strand,
conkaining 2e0 Ham 4ed east steelwires,
N6s guagss 2gese gables are fifteen
and slFee5q qiiartet in-hes ia. diameter.
Forsa ppfIg the ca Us galvanized an
/ ;ia7e Me foul9&pJ's were completed,
Just tRsT one qPn;as after they were
:. nal
The Platf "a Ef'bridge, which is
fiYe feet sY1dHrthju )" '.away, is sus-.
tanned sby xlfe 7fphfi,'. beams, and stiff
enea six ESSS'Il,' nal 'trusses. 1t is
diEatpa int. ,&fariS, two outer ones
int fitcd furlI@ e,sr, ar General vehi-
sIa 8 ftrme'S:$e divisions
iliess!ea 81 e 9 agcprlS TIE yspid transit
;sss..aa. ~ stlss9e9tlie newell o. the mar1
floor, and intended forpedestrians. The
stilfcning trusscs will be iron, six in
number the two outer ones nine and Il
half feet high, the other four sixteen feet
in height. The total weight of the
bridge will be $1,000 tons. 1t is proposed
to move the cars on this bridge by means
OF wire ropes and stationary engines.
This method is considered rs preferable
to that Of locomotives on account OF the
stccp grade Of the bridge.
1t is estimated that the bridge, when
completed, will -haye.. cost &l3. .5oO,O 600,
ofwiich $4,000, ,OOG Will be spent on the
bridge itself, and $4,000 600 in acquiring
the necessary real estate. 1t is hoped
that in 1881 the bridge will be opened
to the public.-Scientifc Anlc- c-icdp.