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The Cleft-ridge Span: America's First Concrete Arch (1983)

William P. Chamberlin (Author)

IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 29-44

URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40968042

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Bridges, Arched Civil engineering Bridges, Concrete Architecture Industrial archaeology 19th century United States Quincy Adams Gilmore

The Cleft-ridge Span was built in 1871-72 to demonstrate the aesthetic versatility and economic advantage of a newly patented concrete, béton Coignet, over stone masonry for small park bridges. This use may have been the first instance in which the full ornamental potential of any American-made concrete was exploited. A study of the events associated with its construction has revealed new information on the contributions of Quincy Adams Gillmore to the development of concrete technology in 19th-century America.

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