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| Keywords: Puente original Meiggs Verruga en Peru.jpg en In http //www gandhieng com/RESOURCES/MEDIA/Verrugas 20Viaduct 20and 20its 20Reconstruction pdf Verrugas Viaduct and its Reconstruction Peru South America Kirti Gandhi Ph D P E President Gandhi Engineering Inc New York City U S A says The Verrugas Viaduct was 51 8 miles from Lima and 5 850 ™ above sea level in the Andes mountains The wrought iron viaduct was designed fabricated and shipped by the Baltimore Bridge Company via land and sea to Callao from where it was transported to the site on rail and mules The viaduct consisted of four Fink truss spans three of 100 ™ in length and one 125 ™ long The three piers were 146 ™ 252 ™ and 179 ™ in height; and were all 50 ™ wide The total length of the viaduct was 575 ™ The fabricator had planned to frame the spans in the bed of the gorge and lift them bodily into place However Leffert L Buck the Resident Engineer devised an ingenious erection scheme and the viaduct was opened to traffic on January 8 1873 1880 http //www engwonders byethost9 com/e064 html unknown other versions PD-Art Uploaded with UploadWizard Verrugas Bridge Places of the War of the Pacific | ||||
