General Information
| Completion: | 1810 |
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| Status: | demolished (1830) |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Chain suspension bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
Location
| Location: |
Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA |
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| Crossed: |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| span lengths | 2 x 45.7 m | |
| number of spans | 2 |
Materials
| chains |
iron
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| deck flooring |
wood
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Chronology
| 1830 | Replaced by a wooden covered bridge. |
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Participants
Construction
- Ulrich Kissinger (builder)
Relevant Web Sites
There currently are no relevant websites listed.
Relevant Publications
- (1997): Constructing a Bridge. An Exploration of Engineering Culture, Design, and Research in Nineteenth-Century France and America. The MIT Press, Cambridge (USA), pp. 63.
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data sheet - Structure-ID
20008059 - Published on:
09/02/2003 - Last updated on:
28/05/2021
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