Bridge Truss Designs

Wagner Free Institute of Science - Engineering 2: Civil Engineering Structures

About

Subject

Civil engineering--Study and teaching
Bridges--Design and construction
Truss bridges
Lantern slides

Description

Glass lantern slide hand drawn by Samuel Tobias Wagner of line drawings of four different bridge truss designs. They are labeled as Baltimore Bridge Co., Fink, Bollman, and Queen. Used to illustrate the course "Civil Engineering Structures" which was taught between 1893-1950 at the Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, Pa.

Creator

Wagner Free Institute of Science; Wagner, Samuel Tobias, 1861-1931

Type

Image

Original Format

Lantern Slides

Digital Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

LS0188

Rights

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Contact

Wagner Free Institute of Science Library & Archives. 1700 W Montgomery Ave. Philadelphia, PA 19121. Contact the Library at 215-763-6529 x12 or library@wagnerfreeinstitute.org

Contributing Institution

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Sponsorship

This Digital Object is provided in a collection that is included in POWER Library: Pennsylvania Photos and Documents, which is funded by the Office of Commonwealth Libraries of Pennsylvania/Pennsylvania Department of Education.