Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,701 pages of information and 247,104 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Ibicui Bridge

From Graces Guide
From Engineering 1887/02/04

This entry refers to the railway bridge over the Ibicuí River in Brazil, constructed in 1887. It is now used as a single track road bridge.

1887 Description and drawings of the 'Ibicuy Bridge', built by Head, Wrightson and Co for the Brazil Southern Railway. Total length 3953 ft (approx. 3/4 mile). The approach viaduct had 60 plate girder spans of 15m each, and four 'Whipple-Murphy' spans of 70m each. Designer: Alfred Rumball.[1]

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