Wheeling+Suspension+Bridge

//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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