Talk:Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge

message: I found several variations for the name of this bridge.  I ended up using the one in the National Historic Landmark program -- "Bollman Truss Railroad Bridge".  I made redirects of the others. — Eoghanacht talk 02:50, 1 April 2006 (UTC)
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message: This article should be about the truss it's titled for, not about any specific example.  From the Truss bridge article, there are at least two of these truss bridges still around, and there may be more.  I suggest that a partisan of the Savage, Maryland bridge create a separate article for it, and point to it as an example of such a bridge here, or make the references to that bridge be a subset of this article instead of the whole thing.  Meanwhile, this article should be revised to explain what this truss is. - Denimadept 20:44, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The historical markers near the bridge, and the American Society of Civil Engineers states it is the only surviving Bollman Truss bridge.  The only other Bollman-designed bridge I know of (Wells Creek Bollman Bridge) is a Warren Truss system.  Where is the other Bollman Truss bridge? — Eoghanacht talk 16:50, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Truss_bridge#Bollman_truss says the other is located in Meyersdale, Pennsylvania. - Denimadept (talk) 17:27, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The Meyersdale bridge is the Warren-type bridge that used to span Wells Creek.  It would be wonderful if there were more Bollman-truss bridges around, but that does not appear to be the case. — Eoghanacht talk 18:19, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I still say that the article should refer to an example, even if it may be the only remaining one, as an example, and not be only about the one bridge.  The article is supposed to be about a bridge type.  If it's about a particular bridge, it should have the bridge infobox and be treated as a specific bridge. - Denimadept (talk) 21:01, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

text: To expand on that, this article should explain what a Bollman truss is, not talk about what a particular instance of it is. - Denimadept (talk) 21:02, 26 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I would normally agree that a type should have a separate article from an example -- but given that there is only one example, it seems hard to justify two articles (IMHO).  An analogy would be if there were a famous ancient Japanese sword that were also the only surviving example of its type, would the sword and the type each have an article?  If you think there is a better way to format this article, or to illustrate the type (maybe with a structural diagram?) then go ahead and Be BOLD!  Another alternative to two articles is to beef up the Bollman section in the truss bridge article to better explain the structural type.— Eoghanacht talk 14:01, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: If we knew more about the structural type, I think that'd be best.  Then we could revamp the separate article to be just about the specific bridge and point to it from the truss bridge article. - Denimadept (talk) 14:26, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reconcile (type vs. example) 

message: Regarding the description of the Savage Mill bridge as being the "sole surviving":  there is a Bollman Bridge on the Great Allegheny Passage bicycle trail.  See this page:
http://www.meyersdalepa.org/railroad/bollman.html
or this page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Creek_Bollman_Bridge
Perhaps the Savage Mill bridge is the "sole surviving", if there is an additional description such as "sole surviving Bollman Bridge crossing a river" or whatever.
---- Hank Moore
:This article is about a Bollman truss bridge.  The bridge you mention is a Warren truss. - Denimadept (talk) 17:16, 27 September 2011 (UTC)
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