Table of Contents

Preface; Part I: Labelye and his contemporaries 1735–1759; 1. Westminster bridge; 2. Bridges in the country; 3. Timber bridges; 4. Architecture hydraulique and Essex Bridge, Dublin'; 5. Thoeory of arches and pontypridd; 6. Four ancient bridges; Part II: The years of Mylne and smeaton 1759–1796; 7. Blackfriars bridge; 8. John Smeaton and Robert Mylne; 9. Bridges by architects; 10. Navigable aqueducts; 11. The first iron bridges; Part III: The years of Rennie and Telford 1790–1835; 12. Rennie and Telford – early years; 13. Iron and timber; 14. Climax masonry.

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This book is a comprehensive history of bridge building during the century.