The Wrought Iron Bridge Company specialized in relatively short-span iron truss bridges. Most were built for highway use, as the railroads were all privately owned at the time and employed their own engineers. The company supplied a catalog of bridge designs and mass-produced the parts to build these designs. Once a bridge was ordered, the pieces were shipped by train to the nearest station. Thus, local contractors were able to assemble a bridge very quickly, much like a model.
1882 pamphletedit
Illustration of a single intersection Pratt truss
An illustrated pamphlet, dated 1882, is available online. In this pamphlet, Wrought Iron Bridge claims that "during the past 18 years this firm have erected nearly 4,300 spans, varying in length from 20 to 300 feet." At the time of publication, the company had worked in 26 US States, Canada and Mexico.
Wrought Iron Bridge were able to assemble their bridges very quickly and the pamphlet claims that they "have completed 100 to 140 foot spans at points from 100 to 300 miles distant from our works in 8 to 15 days." They were not quite as fast on larger bridges, but the "350 foot bridge, 38 foot wide, built at New Philadelphia, Ohio, was completed for travel in 40 days from the receipt of the contract," a speed unheard of for modern construction, often because of legal red tape.
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (1882). Illustrated Pamphlet of Wrought Iron Bridges [Electronic version]. Canton, Ohio. Retrieved July 7, 2009, from Illustrated pamphlet of wrought iron bridges built by Wrought Iron Bridge Company, Canton, Ohio. Structurae online article: http://en.structurae.de/firms/data/index.cfm?ID=f000652
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The Wrought Iron Bridge Company was a bridge fabrication and construction company based in Canton Ohio United States It specialized in the fabrication of iron truss bridges and was a prolific bridge builder in the late 19th century It was one of the 28 firms consolidated by J P Morgan into the American Bridge Company in 1900 1 Many of its bridges have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places Wrought Iron Bridge CompanyIndustryCivil EngineeringFounded1864HeadquartersCanton OhioKey peopleDavid Hammond founderProductsBridge buildingconstruction Contents 1 Products 1 1 1882 pamphlet 2 Surviving bridges 3 Gallery 4 ReferencesProducts editThe Wrought Iron Bridge Company specialized in relatively short span iron truss bridges Most were built for highway use as the railroads were all privately owned at the time and employed their own engineers The company supplied a catalog of bridge designs and mass produced the parts to build these designs Once a bridge was ordered the pieces were shipped by train to the nearest station Thus local contractors were able to assemble a bridge very quickly much like a model 1882 pamphlet edit nbsp Illustration of a single intersection Pratt trussAn illustrated pamphlet dated 1882 is available online In this pamphlet Wrought Iron Bridge claims that during the past 18 years this firm have erected nearly 4 300 spans varying in length from 20 to 300 feet At the time of publication the company had worked in 26 US States Canada and Mexico Wrought Iron Bridge were able to assemble their bridges very quickly and the pamphlet claims that they have completed 100 to 140 foot spans at points from 100 to 300 miles distant from our works in 8 to 15 days They were not quite as fast on larger bridges but the 350 foot bridge 38 foot wide built at New Philadelphia Ohio was completed for travel in 40 days from the receipt of the contract a speed unheard of for modern construction often because of legal red tape Surviving bridges editKern Bridge in Blue Earth County Minnesota 1873 Blackfriars Street Bridge in London Ontario 1875 West Liberty Bridge CR 225 in Morrow County Ohio 1876 County Line Bowstring near Concordia Kansas 1876 Maple Foster Bridge Barton Hills Michigan circa 1876 Poffenberger Road Bridge near Jefferson Maryland 1878 Fourpoints Bridge near Emmitsburg Maryland 1878 Laughery Creek Bridge in Dearborn County Indiana 1878 Dickey Ford Bridge in Orange County Indiana Circa 1880 Lawrence Bridge in Jackson Junction Iowa 1880 Hotel Bridge Leeds Northampton Hampshire County Massachusetts 1880 Delhi Bridge Scio Township Michigan 1883 2 3 Wells Street Bridge Fort Wayne Indiana 1884 Pott s Ford Bridge in Glasco Kansas 1884 Gholson Bridge in Brunswick County Virginia 1884 Chain Lakes Bridge near Palo Iowa 1884 Rome Westernville Road Bridge Mohawk River Rome New York 1884 Van Buren Bridge in Freeport Illinois 1885 4 Nevius Street Bridge in Raritan Hillsborough New Jersey 1886 Lattice Road Bridge Hume New York 1887 East Mineral Road Bridge Erving Montague Franklin County Massachusetts 1888Tioga Bridge White Carroll County Indiana 1890 lt 5 Aetnaville Bridge in Wheeling West Virginia 1891 Rough Holler Bridge near Hermitage Missouri 1891 6 Masemore Road Bridge near Baltimore Maryland 1898 Linville Creek Bridge in Broadway Rockingham County Virginia 1898 7 Gilbert Bridge near Bowmansdale Pennsylvania 1899 Walnut River Bridge near Douglass Kansas in Butler County Kansas built before 1900 Rockafellows Mill Bridge Rockefellows Mills New Jersey 1900 Springbanks Renwick Road Bridge Plainfield Illinois built before 1901 Howell Park Golf Course Bridge in Howell New Jersey 1899Gallery editWrought Iron Bridge Company Gallery nbsp Sign Wrought Iron Bridge Company nbsp Walnut River bridge near Douglass Kansas nbsp Delhi Bridge Scio Township Michigan nbsp Maple Foster Bridge Barton Hills Michigan nbsp Wells Street Bridge Fort Wayne Indiana nbsp Walnut River Bridge near Douglass Kansas nbsp Nevius Street Bridge Raritan New Jersey nbsp Rockafellows Mill Bridge Rockefellows Mills New Jersey nbsp Lea Bridge Candies Creek at Old Georgetown Road Hopewell Bradley County Tennessee nbsp Linville Creek Bridge Broadway VirginiaReferences edit Survey Report for Historic Bridges Chapter 3 Bridge Companies PDF Tennessee Department of Transportation p esp 218 219 others Archived from the original PDF on 2008 12 31 Ann Arbor Courier 10 12 1883 Burdette Dwight June 25 2010 English Historical marker at Delhi wrought iron bridge Webster Township Michigan via Wikimedia Commons O brien Claire TOWN TRAVELS The Van Buren Street bridge Journal Standard https secure in gov apps dnr shaard print html printType historicBridge Rough Holler Bridge regains a missing piece of its history Springfield News Leader Retrieved 2018 10 24 177 5001 Linville Creek Bridge Wrought Iron Bridge Co 1882 Illustrated Pamphlet of Wrought Iron Bridges Electronic version Canton Ohio Retrieved July 7 2009 from Illustrated pamphlet of wrought 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