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      <title>Nineteenth-Century Metal Arch Bridges</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[While many arches were built with wood in the early nineteenth century, the availability of cast and wrought iron and later steel led to a proliferation of metal arch bridges after the Civil War. Cast iron was used in 1839, with the Richard Delafield’s Dunlap’s Creek Bridge, 80 ft span; and the 1858 Rock Creek Bridge, 200 ft span, by Montgomery Meigs. By the end of the century, steel arches were built with spans of 840 ft.]]></description>
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      <title>DUNLAP'S CREEK BRIDGE: ENDURING SYMBOL OF AMERICAN ENDEAVOR</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Dunlap's Creek Bridge of Brownsville, Pennsylvania, was the first all metal bridge constructed in the United States. It is located about 25 mi south of Pittsburgh near the Route 40 crossing of the Monongahela River.  Designed by Captain Richard Delafield of the Corps of Engineers, it was constructed by ironmaster and steam engine builder John Snowden.  Unobtrusively, this unstrengthened bridge continues to carry daily traffic and full legal loads. Although obscure and generally unheralded, it stands today after 150 years of service, an enduring symbol of American endeavor.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 1990 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[America's first cast iron bridge bridge not only still stands at Brownsville, Pennsylvania, but continues to carry daily traffic.  The 150-year-old Dunlap's Creek Bridge was constructed by John Snowden, the proprietor of Brownsville's Vulcan Iron and Machine Works, and John Herbertson, foreman in Snowden's machine shop.  Its designers were engineers Captain Richard Delafield and George W. Cass.  The history of Dunlap's Creek Bridge is retold in this article.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 1989 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The 150-year-old Dunlap's Creek Bridge connects Cumberland, Maryland and Brownsville, Pennsylvania.  Designed by Captain Richard Delafield and constructed by John Snowden, Dunlap's Creek Bridge followed two bridges which survived less than 24 years.  It is the first cast-iron bridge to be constructed in the United States.  This article tells of Delafield and Snowden's experiences in confronting such a task.  Delafield's original plan, signed by him, is reproduced and memoirs referring to the bridge are quoted. In 1979 Dunlap's Creek Bridge was designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.  The relocation of Route 40 (National Road) relieved the bridge of heavy traffic, and now it lingers in silence, although still capable of carrying heavy truck loads.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 31 May 1989 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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