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Westminster Bridge (London, England)
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A short historical account of London-Bridge; with a proposition for a new stone-bridge at Westminster. As also an account of some remarkable stone-bridges abroad, and what the best Authors have said and directed concerning the Methods of Building them. Illustrated with proper Cuts. In A Letter to the Right Honourable the Members of Parliament for the City and Liberty of Westminster. By Nicholas Hawksmoor, Esq;
Hawksmoor, Nicholas, 1661-1736.Date: [1736]- Books
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The present state of Westminster Bridge. Containing a description of the said bridge, as it has been ordered into execution by the Right Honourable, &c. the commissioners appointed by Parliament, and is now carrying on. With a true account of the time already employed in the building, and of the works which are now done. In a letter to a friend.
Labelye, Charles, 1705-1781.Date: [1743]- Books
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A survey of Westminster Bridge, As 'tis now sinking into ruin. Wherein the cause of the foundation giving way under the sinking pier, and its dislocated arches, is not only accounted for; but also, that the whole structure is likewise subject to the same immediate (if not unavoidable) ruin. With remarks on the piratical method used for building the piers. And a just estimate of the expence for which all their foundations might have been made secure with piles, until every stone, with which the bridge is built, was torn into atoms, by the hungry teeth of devouring time. By Batty Langley, of Meard's Court, Dean-Street, Soho, architect.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: 1748- Books
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A reply to Mr John James's Review of the several pamphlets and schemes, That have been offer'd To the Publick, for the Building of a Bridge at Westminster; wherein his many Absurdities are detected, and the Manner of Measuring and Calculating the Quantity and Weight of Materials in all Kinds of Arches, explain'd. By which 'tis evident, That Mr. James is absolutely a Stranger to so much Geometry as is needful to come at the Measures of the Quantities of Materials to be imploy'd in such a Work, &c. And that a semicircular Stone Arch of 120 Feet in Diameter, has not so great a Pressure on its Base, as many Publick Buildings in this Kingdom have on theirs. Also, The Nature of the Tides, and Fall of Water at London Bridge, fully Explained. The Whole Exemplify'd by Geometrical Diagrams, and New Designs; demonstrating the Nature and Easy Performance of so great a Work. By B. Langley.
Langley, Batty, 1696-1751.Date: M.DCC.XXXVII. [1737]