Construction of the Great Victoria Bridge in Canada

by James Hodges Engineer to Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Contractors by James Hodges

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Publisher's purple cloth, elaborately stamped in blind, upper covers stamped in gilt A rare work on what was the longest bridge in the world. James Stephenson and Alexander M. Ross were the engineers for the bridge; James Hodges built it for the contractors Sir Thomas Peto, Thomas Brassey and Edward Ladd Betts. The constructors had to overcome great natural difficulties, not the least of which was the river icing up in winter, but the bridge was opened to passenger

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