In November 1777, Abraham Darby III began designing and erecting 378 tons of cast iron ... The bridge was completed in 1779; this model was created as a guide to show how the bridge was built.

Beckett, Derrick Great Buildings of the World: Bridges, Paul Hamlyn, New York (New York), 1969; pp. 52-64. Billington, David P. The Tower and the Bridge, Princeton ...

A great tubular iron bridge is now being constructed at Newcastle, England, and will be completed in about two years, for the Egyptian Railroad, which crosses the Nile about midway between Cairo ...

The first bridge to cross the Jordan River in the Lehi area was constructed in 1853 just south of what is presently known as Main Street. In 1907, a steel pony truss structure bridge was built ...