Woodward, Calvin M. A History of the St. Louis Bridge; Containing a Full Account of Every Step in Its Construction and Erection, and Including the Theory of the Ribbed Arch and the Tests of Materials . St. Louis: G. I. Jones and Company, 1881. [format: book], [genre: history]. Permission: St. Louis Mercantile Library
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Frontispiece. Photographic Picture of the St. Louis Bridge, Taken 1880.

James B. Eads.

Letter from James B. Eads.

Plate I. Skeleton Plan and Elevation of the Bridge.

Plate II. Map, Showing the Location of the Bridge and Its Approaches.

Plate III. Profile of the Bridge and Its Approaches.

Plate IV. Strain Diagrams Resulting from Movable Loads.

Plate V. Strain Diagrams Resulting from Extreme Temperatures.

Plate VI. Strain Diagrams for the Main Braces.

Plate VII. Plan and Longitudinal Section of the Caisson of the East Pier.

Plate VIII. Details of the Iron-Work of the Caisson of the East Pier.

Plate IX. Method of Sinking the East Pier — Elevation of Caisson, Pontoons, Derricks, and Machinery.

Plate X. Method of Sinking the East Pier — Plan of Caisson, Pontoons, Derricks, adn Machinery.

Plate XI. Details of the Hoisting Machinery of Pontoons.

Plate XII. Drawings of a Sand-Pump.

Plate XIII. Method of Sinking the East Pier — Cross-Section Showing Air-Chamber and the Working of a Sand-Pump.

Plate XIV. Plan and Sections of the Caisson of the East Abutment.

Plate XV. East Abutment Caisson, Continued — Details of the Central Air-Locks.

Plate XVI. Caissons for the Approach Piers.

Plate XVII. The West Abutment and the West Approach, Complete.

Plate XVIII. The Masonry of the East Pier, Complete.

Plate XIX. Plan and Sections of the Caisson of the East Abutment.

Plate XX. Vertical Section of the East Pier.

Plate XXI. Cross-Section of the Center Arch at Joint No. 1 (Near the Springing).

Plate XXII. Cross-Section of the Center Arch at Join 22 (The Crown).

Plate XXIII. Upper Skewback-Joint of Rib A of Center Span.

Plate XXIV. Detail of Joint 1 of the Center Arch.

Plate XXV. Details of Joint 22 of the Center Arch.

Plate XXVI. Method of Supporting the Lower Road-way at Joint 0-7, 8 and 9.

Plate XXVII. Method of Supporting the Lower Road-way at Joints 10 and 11.

Plate XXVIII. Method of Supporting the Lower Road-way at Joint 13.

Plate XXIX. The Details of the Large Tubes.

Plate XXX. The Details of the Couplings and Steel Pins.

Plate XXXI. The Details of the Main Braces, Vertical Struts, Horizontal Tubular Struts, and Suspension-Bars.

Plate XXXII. General Plan of an Upper Wind-Truss.

Plate XXXIII. Details of an End of an Upper Wind-Truss.

Plate XXXIV. Details of the Anchorage of the End of an Upper Wind-Truss.

Plate XXXV. Drawings of the St. Louis Testing-Machine, and Measuring Apparatus.

Plate XXXVI. Drawings of the Philadelphia Testing-Machine, and the High-Pressure Steel Gauge.

Plate XXXVII. Method of Erection, Showing Arrangement of Cables and Towers.

Plate XXXVIII. Method of Erection, Showing Rams, Balance-Gauge, and Adjustable (Closing) Tubes.

Plate XXXIX. Method of Erection, Showing Details of Cables, Masts, Clamps, Etc.

Plate XL. Photographic View of the Construction of the West Pier.

Plate XLI. Photographic View of the Caisson of the East Abutment Showing First Courses of Masonry.

Plate XLII. Photographic View of the Erection of the West Arch, Showing the Cables to Joints Nos. 6 and 9.

Plate XLIII. Photographic View of the Erection of the West Arch, Showing Cables Nos. 6 and 9 (The Latter Under Strain).

Plate XLIV. Photographic View of the Erection of All Spans — The Western Arch is Closed.

Plate XLV. Photographic View of the Erection of the Road-ways Over the Arches.

Plate XLVI. Interesting Views (Four in Number) of the Completed Bridge, Taken in 1880.

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