Collection / archive: photo collection rijkswaterstaat: metadata: collection / archive: photo collection rijkswaterstaat
report / series: rerouting of the former rhine railway line utrecht-rotterdam between utrecht and vleuten
description: fixed bridge over the canal. View of the bridge during the ordeal. View from a point north of the bridge and west of the canal
annotation: each of the two tracks is loaded with a train, composed of 4 speed locomotives, each weighing 70. 7 tons, and 1 tender locomotive, weighing 38. 4 tons. The bridge is designed for double track and consists of two main girders of drawn iron, constructed according to a truss of the first order with a straight lower edge, curved upper edge and perpendicular uprights, between which inclined and intersecting tension and compression diagonals are arranged. The intermediate cross beams rest completely freely on the bottom edges. The length of the span, measured between the axes of the supports, is 64. 30 m. The distance of the main girders from center to center is 9. 20 m. The height of the main girders, including the thickness of the edge plates, is 11. 032 m in the middle. The top of the rail is 7. 70 m + ap. The bottom of the iron construction is at 6. 50 m + ap
date: october 23, 1891
location: utrecht (prov. ), utrecht (city)
keywords: diversions, railway bridges, railway tracks, water management works
photographer: tollens czn. , h. J. / company j. G. Hameter
copyright holder: public domain logo
material type: photo (black/white)
archive inventory number: view access 2. 24. 11
inventory number: 78
component number: 707. Date: 23 October 1891.
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