The original Picture of London (1826) (14797718393)

Identifier: originalpictureo00felt (find matches)
Title: The original Picture of London
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: (Feltham, John) (from old catalog) Britton, John, 1771-1857
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Publisher: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress



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he toll-lodges, two at each end of the Bridge, are neatlittle buildings in the Doric style. There are metal turn-stiles attached to each, (intended to admit the passage ofone person only at a time) at every movement of whichsome machinery, connected with an index in the toll-house,is worked, and, the index being secured in a locked box,the number of persons who have passed may be known bythose in possession of the key, at any period of the day,with the utmost exactitude. The dimensions of this structure are as follow : Lengthof the stone-work between the abutments 1242 feet; lengthof the road on the Surrey side, which is supported by fortybrick arches (under one of which the street is continuedfrom Narrow v/all), 1250 feet; length of road supportedon brick arches, on the Strand side, 400 feet; width with-in the balustrades 42 feet; width of carriage road 28 feet,and of each foot pavement 7 feet; span cf each arch 120feet; extent of water-way, in*^he clear, 108O feet. -~wnpn>« * *w
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L hn^ ts //ospifiU WESTMINSTER BRJDGE. 201 One other peculiarity connected with the building ofthis Bridge is deserving of mention. The centres uponwhich the arches were turned were constructed upon anentirely novel principle, the idea of which originated withMr. Rennie, arising from a wish in that gentleman to pre-vent the defections usually occasioned in their formsby the weight of the materials temporarily resting uponthem, from taking place in the erection of this structure.This eminent engineer discovered, that if the loadingrested upon the timbers longitudinally instead of laterally^the defect above-mentioned would be obviated; and heapplied this principle so effectually in the present instance,that the centres never sensibly changed their forms in theslightest degree. When the timbers were taken away,the arches sunk about one inch only in the middle;whereas it has been remarked, that those of the Pont deNeuilly, near Paris, the plan of which much resemblesthese, sunk no less th