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Contract 2, Cantilever bridge - St. John, New Brunswick [technical drawing]

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Date:

1884-1885.

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R5607-419-X-E, Volume number: 3364, 3401, Box number: 2000864667, 2000022709--2000022713

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Contract 2, Cantilever bridge - St. John, New Brunswick
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Date(s):

1884-1885.

Place of creation:

Québec (Province)

Extent:

152 technical drawings.

Language of material:

English

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Item 152 is also available on microfiche NMC119356 -- 119357

Custodial history:

Transferred in 1986 from the Dominion Bridge Company in Montréal.

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1. West end abutment & anchorage.
2. East end anchorage.
3. [General cantilever plan]
4. Strain, section and material diagram for steel Cantliver Railway bridge
5. Wharf trestle.
6. Standard stringers
7. Stringers 12-13 and 19-20, 13-14 and 18-19
8. Details of end-sections of bottom chord
9. Stringers 1-2, 34-35, -67, 7-8, 36-37, 37-8
10. Intermediate sections "L-31-32" of bottom chord
11. Intermediate sections "L-32-33" of bottom chord
12. Details of portal struts
13. Details vertical posts 33 and 34
14. Piers under main post of cantilever
15. Intermediate sections "L-30-31" of bottom chord
16. End-section "L-27-28" of bottom chord
17. Intermediate sections "L-32-33" of bottom chord
18. Intermediate sections "L-29-30" of bottom chord
19. Details vertical posts 31-32
20. End-section ""U-34-35"" of upper chord"
21. Details: Vertical posts. 30
22. Intermediate sections ""U-33-34"" of upper chord"
23. Details of girder - struts between main posts
24. Details vertical posts. 29
25. Erection plan of floorbeams and stringers
26. End floorbeams 1 and 35
27. Detail vertical posts. 28
28. East end of Cantilever bridge
29. Details of longitudinal struts
30. Floorbeams 29, 33, 3, 5, 11, 21, 23, 9, 25 7 31
31. Upper cross struts.
32. End-section ""L-26-27"" of bottom chord"
33. Intermediate sections ""L-25-26"" of bottom chord"
34. Details of post 27. Upper half
35. Details of post 27. Lowerhalf
36. Cast caps for vertical posts
37. Floorbeams 2, 4, 10, 12, 20, 22, 30, 32, 34 and 24
38. Diagram of weights of cantilever
39. Floorbeams 6, 8, 26, 28
40. Intermediate sections "L-24-25" of lower chord
41. Details of post 7. Upper half
42. Details of post 7. Lower half
43. Floorbeams 13 & 19, 14 & 18
44. Floorbeams 15, 16 & 17
45. Floorbeams 7 & 27
46. Details of vertical post 26
47. Details of vertical posts 8 and 24
48. Details of vertical post 25
49. End angles for floorbeams
50. End-section "L-7-8" of lower chord
51. East end anchorage
52. Details of vertical posts 9, 10, 22 and 23 and 5
53. Vertical posts 2.
54. Vertical posts 12 & 20.
55. Vertical posts 3, 11 & 21.
56. Vertical posts 6.
57. Vertical posts 4.
58. Intermediate sections "U-32-33" of upper chord
59. Intermediate sections "U-31-32" of upper chord
60. End-section "U-1-2" of upper chord
61. Intermediate sections "U-2-3" of upper chord
62. Intermediate sections "U-3-4" of upper chord
63. Intermediate sections "L-21-22" of lower chord
64. Intermediate sections "L-20-21" of lower chord
65. Intermediate sections "L-22-23" of lower chord
66. Intermediate sections "L-23-24" of lower chord
67. End-section "L-19-20" of lower chord
68. End-section "L-6-7" of lower chord
69. Intermediate sections "L-5-6" of lower chord
70. Intermediate sections "L-4-5" of lower chord
71. Intermediate sections "L-3-4" of lower chord
72. Intermediate sections "L-2-3" of lower chord
73. End-section "L-1-2"" of lower chord
74. Erection diagram for east-end
75. Erection diagram for east-end
76. Alterations in erection diagram
77. Upper chord struts no's 5, 6, 9, 23, 26 & 30.
78. Centre top chord struts no's 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, also I26 & I28
79. Details of arrangement of connections of 810'-0" cantilever-bridge
80. Details of arrangement of connections of 810'-0" cantilever-bridge
81. River arm - West span
82. Diagram showing distortion of members under livwe load, and required length (under strain) of diagonals necessary to bring lower [blind] horizontal
83. Diagram for indicating 6 panel chamber
84. Winch engine for Dominion Bridge Co. Copeland and Bacon N.Y.
85. Upper chord struts no's 3, 4, 8, 10, 11, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33.
86. Detrails of expansion end rollers & bedplates
87. Details of end lateral anchorage
88. Diagram for indicating 8 panel chamber
89. Travelling platform for winch engine
90. End-section "L-18-19" - "L-13-14" of lower chord for centre span"
91. Intermediate sections "L-14-15" - "L-16-17" - "L-17-18" of lower chord for centre span
92. Centre section "L-15-16" for centre-span
93. Details of adjustment at junction of cenre span with arms of cantilever
94. Details of lower struts L13, L19 and Upper U12a, U20a
95. Details of upper chord cross struts
96. Details of upper chord cross struts
97. Details of vertical posts 14 & 18
98. Details of vertical posts 15 & 17
99. Details of vertical post 16
100. Details of vertical posts 13 & 19
101. Slotted adjustment for erection
102. Bolts keys
103. Interm. section "U-16-17" of upper chord for centre span
104. Interm. section "U-13", "U-19", "U-13-14", "U-18-19" of upper chord for centre span
105. Interm. sections "U-14-15", "U-17-18"" of upper chord for centre span
106. End-sections "U-12-13", "U-19-20" of top chord for centre span
107. Interm. section "U-15-16" of upper chord for centre span
108. Sketch of alteration of struts N26M27 & M27N28
109. Cat bed-plates under main posts
110. [Pin connections [...] anchorage]
111. Ladders for anchorages. Details
112. Diagram of piers and anchorages
113. Changes in roller and apron plates
114. Details of lower section of post 8
115. Sketch of bed plates for posts 7 & 27
116. Revised arrangement of roller plates & filers over anchorages
117. Name plate for end top cross struts.
118. Floor beams and stringers
119. West end of cantilever bridge.
120. Transverse strut and lateral connections
121. Plan of lateral systems & connections river-end of west arm of cantilever bridge
122. Diagrams of material for cantilever bridge
123. Plan of lateral systems & connections. Store and of east-arm of cantilever bridge
124. Plan of lateral systems & connections. Store and of west-arm of cantilever bridge
125. Plan and elevation of centre span of cantilever bridge
126. 24 plates 5+5/8 - 9" [...]
127--132. Elevation & erection plans & views
133--134. (Ist design)
135--137. (IInd design) Diagram of continuous girder
138--139. (IIIrd design) Diagram of continuous girder
140--142. (IVth design) Some truss diagrams
143--145. (Vth design) Elevation & erection diagrams
146. Calculation of external forces and check strains
147--148. Plans of general elevation, west end trestle, elevation of west cantilever; half plans of bracing; plans of chords & connections
149. Plan of elevations of cantilevers and sectional plans
150--151. Details of connections
152. Study of bridge [recto-verso]

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