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McKay- -Mitchell, H.
McKay, John
90,767 Jun. 1, 1869 Double-intersecting Warren truss. All chords and web members are
timber.
111,622 Feb. 7, 1871 Connection piece detail for an all-timber double-intersecting Warren
truss. Labeled “truss bridge.”
McKibbin, William
19,573 Mar. 9, 1858 Connection detail for iron bars in a Long truss configuration. Labeled
“truss bridge.”
McPherson, John
252,486 Jan. 17, 1882 Timber king-post truss. Vertical metal rod. Wire-rope horizontal chord.
Meigs, Montgomery & Samuel Reeves
24,323 Jun. 7, 1859 *Tied bowstring arch. Web diagonals radiate from common point, midspan,
slightly above bottom chord.
Mertens, Henry
424,427 Mar. 25, 1890 Metal fishplate connections to control posts bending due to deflection
of floor beams.
Merrill, Rufus
78,000 May 19, 1868 Corbelled iron channels reaching to mid-span support and are stabilized
by a truss. Bowstring truss configuration is used as an example. Labeled
“truss bridge.” (Iron version of Liscom's patent no. 76,212)
Miller, George
467,013 Jan. 12, 1892 *Girder supported at mid-span by cable stays. Labeled “bridge.”
Miller, Mahlon
103,911 Jun. 7, 1870 *Tied arch. Multi-plate arch chord. Web of radiating pipes without
diagonals. Labeled “truss bridge.”
Miller, William
185,185 Dec. 12, 1876 Howe truss configuration. Web of contiguous octagons each containing
a single compression diagonal.
Mills, Theodore & Byron Smith
132,975 Nov. 12, 1872 Clamping system to create hollow girders and truss chords from a group
of individual pieces.
Miner, John
156,936 Nov. 17, 1874 *Top chord is horizontal over center pair of panels and slopes down in
pair of end panels. Vertical rods support bottom chord. No diagonals.
Functions as a flat tied-arch. Labeled “truss bridge.”
Mitchell, Hirtie
562,191 Jun. 16, 1896 Detail for lateral, under the deck, bracing system for bowstring truss.
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