Suspension Bridges and Locks and Dams, 1768-1987

There are materials on three locks and dams in Huntington, West Virginia; French and United States suspension bridges; photos of plates from “Annales des Ponts de Chaussées” and Kemps paper “Marc Seguin and the Origins of the Modern Long Span Wire Suspension Bridge.” Also, of interest is a Mason-Dixon Line map.

Format: photographic prints, postcards, paper, facsimile map

Subjects: Huntington, West Virginia; London lock and dam; Lock No 3; Marmet lock and dam; Gallipolis lock and dam; French suspension bridges; United States suspension bridges; Morgantown, WV; Warren, PA; Newburyport, MA; Broadalbin, NY; Marc Seguin; long span wire suspension bridge; Annales des Ponts de Chaussées.