Print in Acrylic frameless display, "Wheeling In Virginia", 1849

This is a print titled "Wheeling in Virginia." Published for Herrmann J Meyer, New York. Under the print on the matting is printed this description:

The Wheeling Bridge 1849 - Ellet’s celebrated bridge over the Ohio River at Wheeling, W.Va. (then Virginia), was the first in the world to span over 1000ft (305m). A series of storms revealed a fundamental fault of the garland system: the subdivision of the cables into several strands so reduced their stiffness that when combined with an inadequately stiff deck, the bridge was unable to withstand strong winds. Its superstructure ultimately was rebuilt on the two-cable system, and the deck was stiffened by deeper trusses. It stands today in this form.