In 1868 the remaining trestlework was replaced with Bollman trusses.
It is entirely likely that such trussed beams, with multiple systems of tension rods, were used by Bollman as bridging in temporary trestlework along the line as early as 1845 (see fig.
In the erection of a high trestlework viaduct for the Havana Railroad, Bollman apparently became concerned with the tensile weakness of cast iron when applied in long, unsupported columns.
The necessary work of placing the trestlework in good condition on “Section Fifteen” is more advanced than on “Section B.
The line has been carried across these depressions on temporary staging, and steam shovels and construction trains are busy converting the miles of frail looking trestlework into solid embankment.
As the locomotive reached the end of the trestlework the grade rose a little, and I could see through, or in, a deep cut which the road ran into, an obstruction.
This somewhat hazardous move he commenced just as we struck a stretch of trestlework which carried the road over a gorge some fifty feet deep.
How he ever did it I don't see, but he said two soldiers fell through the trestlework and were hurt and had to be left behind.
Men are busy rebuilding the burned out places in the trestlework and bridging the river, which is narrow here.
The trestlework is burned in places and across these we passed the best we could.
The view from the old trestlework bridge, both up and down the stream, was very picturesque, especially when the forest, which clothed the banks of the ravine on the right and left, wore the tints of autumn.
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