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The Wheeling Suspension Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the main channel of the Ohio River at Wheeling, West Virginia. It was the largest suspension bridge in the world from 1849 until 1851. Charles Ellet Jr. (who also worked on the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge ) designed it and supervised construction of what became the first bridge ...
Wheeling Suspension Bridge circa 1850. After returning from Europe, Ellet worked on the Utica and Schenectady Railroad and was appointed to conduct a survey of the Western New York section of the New York and Erie Railroad. [10] In 1832, he submitted a proposal to Congress for a suspension bridge across the Potomac River, but it was rejected. [11]
The Angers Bridge after its collapse Wheeling Suspension Bridge: Wheeling, West Virginia (then Virginia) United States 17 May 1854: Suspension bridge carrying the National Road over the Ohio River: Torsional movement and vertical undulations caused by wind No casualties Deck destroyed; towers left intact and remain in use today Gasconade Bridge
The Wheeling Bridge Company was represented by Charles W. Russell and U.S. Attorney general Reverdy Johnson (supposedly in a private capacity but who had denied Pennsylvania's request for his federal office's assistance)), [12] among others. They argued the bridge helped the U.S. mails (delayed during ice and high and low water periods ...
Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company and others in the United States Supreme Court. The case concerned the Wheeling Suspension Bridge, the largest suspension bridge in the world at that time, and an important connector for the National Road. The bridge's center rose some ninety feet (twenty-seven meters) but proved to be a nuisance to passing ...
1848 – Wheeling Female Academy and Wheeling Lyceum [5] established. 1849 Wheeling Suspension Bridge opens. [4] Nail manufacturing begins. [3] 1850 Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling established. [11] Population: 11,435. [10] 1852 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad built. [4] 1853 Wheeling Hospital established. [3] Iron Market House in business. [8]
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