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A book of bridges

Chapter 4: LIST OF BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS
By Walter Shaw Sparrow
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This work offers a compact survey of bridges, mixing historical narrative, technical description, and visual illustration to chart their evolution from primitive timber crossings and natural-arch inspirations through Roman engineering, medieval fortified bridges, and later unfortified and Renaissance types. It examines regional varieties including Chinese gabled forms, discusses materials and construction methods, and highlights the relationship between bridges, roads, social needs, and military strategy. Organized into topical chapters and appendices, the text pairs analytical commentary with plates and drawings that depict notable structures and typologies across Europe and beyond.

LIST OF BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE
Historic Vitry-le-François, on the Marne v
Bridge of Boats at Cologne 1
Broken War-Bridge of the XIII Century, at Narni in Italy 14
War-Bridge of the XIV Century at Orthez in France 18
Ruins of the great Roman Bridge over the Nera at Narni, Italy 24
Puente de San Juan de las Abadesas at Gerona in Spain 29
The Old War-Bridge of Stirling 45
Pont Sidi Rached at Constantine in Algeria: 1908-1912 53
In the Valley of Wycollar, Lancashire: the Weavers’ Bridge 63
Pont du Diable, St. Gotthard Pass 67
Old Town Bridge in Perugia, Italy 85
At Zutphen in Holland 107
In Kashmír: Primitive Bridge with Triangular Arches 161
Bridge at Waltham Abbey attributed to Harold 163
Smyrna: Roman Bridge and Aqueduct 165
The Pont du Gard from above the First Tier 172
Ruins of a Roman Bridge over the Loire at Brives-Charensac 180
The Bridge at Zaragoza, partly Roman 187
Ponte Rotto at Rome, anciently the Pons Palatinus or Senatorius 192
Ponte Maggiore over a Ravine of the Tronto at Ascoli-Piceno in Italy: built in the Middle Ages, but Roman in Style 200
The Pul-i-Kaisar at Shushter in Persia 203
Durham 205
The Pul-i-Khaju over the Zendeh Rud at Isfahan in Persia 213
Staircase Bridge in China 248
Bridge over the Main at Würzburg in Bavaria (1474-1607) 259
Bridge of Ali Verdi Khan over the Zendeh Rud at Isfahan 269
Primitive Timber Bridge in Bhutan, India 273
Defensive Bridge at Sospel 276
Broken War-Bridge at Narni in Italy 277
War-Bridge over the Gav-de-Pau at Orthez in France 279
War-Bridge at Monmouth 281
The Rabot at Ghent: a Fortified Lock 289
Todentanzbrucke at Lucerne in Switzerland 292
Pont Saint-Esprit 293
Canal Bridge in Venice 329
Rain 363