ADVERTISEMENTS.
G. EIFFEL,
Mechanical Engineer,
46, RUE FOUQUET, 46, AT LEVALLOIS-PERRET, NEAR PARIS:
METALLIC BRIDGES AND SCAFFOLDING.
GRAND PRIZE AT THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION OF 1878.
Diploma of honour at the Bordeaux Exhibition 1852.
DIPLOMA OF HONOUR AF THE AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1883. Diploma of honour at the Nice International Exhibition 1883-84.
UIL DER OF THE GRAND GALLERY AND OF THE DOMES OF THE FACING OF THE EXHIBITION
OF 1878, ALSO OF THE BRIDGE OVER THE DOURO, AT OPORTO,
and of the VIADUCT OF GARABIT (CANTAL) in course of erection. Length of the work: 554m.-Height above the valley: 124m.-Open of the main arch: 165m.
NEW ECONOMICAL PORTABLE BRIDGES, EIFFEL SYSTEM
For spanning divers widths with the aid of similar elements. (Patented S. G. D. G.) APPLICABLE TO COLONIAL CONSTRUCTIONS.
IN USE BY THE MILITARy Engineers AND BY THE SERVICE OF VICINAL AND RURAL Roads,
2100
Coupe en travers
3400.
Element Poids 145 )
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6:00
These bridges, of very reduced prices, are composed of a small number of similar pieces of steel, the leaviest of which do not weigh more than 145 kilog
The can be easily and rapidly mounted by ordinary navvies.
They have rigid articulations, and can bear the weight of a cart amounting to 4,000 kilog., with buttments varying from 6 to 21 metres.