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Daigle, Marcelin<br />

332,058 Dec. 8, 1885 *Sliding retractable drawbridge. Cable-stayed beams. Labeled<br />

“bridge.”<br />

Dandridge, Alexander<br />

595,906 Dec. 21, 1897 *Suspension bridge. Labeled “bridge.”<br />

Davenport, Joseph<br />

72,611 Dec. 24, 1867 *Tied arch. Latticed arch chord. Radial web suspension rods support<br />

bridge deck.<br />

82,388 Sep. 22, 1868 Bowstring truss. Latticed arch chord. Tension diagonals at third panel<br />

point supplement horizontal tie. Cross-braced radial ties.<br />

Davidson, James<br />

605,474 Jun. 14, 1898 Double-intersection Warren truss variation. Third chord at mid-height.<br />

Fish-plate connections throughout.<br />

Davies, Robert<br />

90,562 May 8, 1877 Double end-posts and end-tie diagonals to protect truss from impact.<br />

Whipple trapezoidal truss configuration shown.<br />

Davis, Benjamin<br />

143,125 May 26, 1873 Bowstring truss. Verticals plus radiating struts from mid-span<br />

of bottom chord.<br />

311,064 Jan. 20, 1885 *Cantilevered bridge. Radiating set of cables extend from top of center<br />

mast to sloping booms. Vertical cables from booms hold roadbed.<br />

Intriguing cable-stayed variation.<br />

Davis, Nathan<br />

574,887 Jan. 12, 1897 King-post truss. Deck truss created from an I-beam that has been slit<br />

longitudinally and the bottom flange heated and drawn out to create the<br />

sloped bottom chord.<br />

Denmead, Edward & Wendel Bollman (Patapsco Bridge & Iron Works, Baltimore, Md.)<br />

78,073 May 19, 1868 *Method <strong>for</strong> securing verticals to bottom chord with cushioned clamps.<br />

Labeled “truss bridge.”<br />

Dennis, John<br />

319,798 Jun. 9, 1885 Howe truss configuration. Curved upper chord. Vertical ties are radial.<br />

Single diagonal struts in each panel. Deck bridge with triangular<br />

webbing above the truss to support the deck. Labeled “railway bridge.”<br />

Densmore, Lyman<br />

188,107 Mar. 6, 1877 Howe truss configuration. Timber top chord and crossed diagonals.<br />

Number of metal rods used in successive panels of bottom chord<br />

increase toward mid-span.<br />

Derr, John<br />

198,580 Dec. 25, 1877 Heel detail <strong>for</strong> timber trusses. Labeled “through-brace bridge.”<br />

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