Technical Drawings for the Fink Combination Bridge

Wagner Free Institute of Science - Engineering 2: Civil Engineering Structures

About

Subject

Civil engineering--Study and teaching
Bridges--Design and construction
Truss bridges
Railroad bridges
Lantern slides

Description

Glass lantern slide of detailed plans of Albert Fink's truss bridge design. The image is reproduced from "American Railroad Bridges" by Theodore Cooper. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. 21, no. 418, July, 1889. Used to illustrate the course "Civil Engineering Structures" which was taught between 1893-1950 at the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa.

Type

Image

Original Format

Lantern Slides

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

LS0121

Rights

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Contact

Wagner Free Institute of Science Library & Archives. 1700 W Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19121. Contact the Library at 215-763-6529 x12 or library@wagnerfreeinstitute.org

Contributing Institution

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.