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NEW IRON BRIDGE IN JAMAICA .
This elegant iron Bridge has lately been erected across the Martha Brae river, about two miles eastward of the town of Falmouth, in the north of the island of Jamaica, in the place of a wooden structure, which for some time has been greatly dilapidated, and a source of constant expense to the parish of Trelawney, in repairs. The new Bridge has a clear span of 162 feet, and is divided into a carriage way 17 feet wide, and two foot ways each 4 feet 6 inches wide. It is supported by four chains, resting on a cast-iron tower 16 feet high, the foundations of which are on screw-piles. The total cost of erection including approaches will be about £3000, one half of which is advanced by a vote of the House of Assembly, and the other half by the parish of Trelawney. It is constructed on Dredge's taper principle, from the designs of Messrs Dredge and Stephenson, London, and Blayney W. Walsh Kingston, Jamaica. The contractors for the iron work were Messrs C. D. Young and Co., of Edinburgh.
This elegant iron Bridge has lately been erected across the Martha Brae river, about two miles eastward of the town of Falmouth, in the north of the island of Jamaica, in the place of a wooden structure, which for some time has been greatly dilapidated, and a source of constant expense to the parish of Trelawney, in repairs. The new Bridge has a clear span of 162 feet, and is divided into a carriage way 17 feet wide, and two foot ways each 4 feet 6 inches wide. It is supported by four chains, resting on a cast-iron tower 16 feet high, the foundations of which are on screw-piles. The total cost of erection including approaches will be about £3000, one half of which is advanced by a vote of the House of Assembly, and the other half by the parish of Trelawney. It is constructed on Dredge's taper principle, from the designs of Messrs Dredge and Stephenson, London, and Blayney W. Walsh Kingston, Jamaica. The contractors for the iron work were Messrs C. D. Young and Co., of Edinburgh.
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