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Stone- -Sylvester
Stone, Joel
484,686 Oct. 18, 1892 Five-panel suspension truss with sloped end posts. Double-intersecting
diagonal suspension rods. Crossed diagonals in the second and fourth
panels.
Storey, Ephraim
31,415 Feb. 12, 1861 *Braced tubular arch. Tubular verticals extend from horizontal tension
rod above the arch. Crossed, diagonal ties between extended posts.
Labeled “truss bridge.”
Strobel, Charles
309,171 Dec. 9, 1884 Multi-span, continuous truss variations, all combining opposing catenaries
and arches joined at inflection points. Lenticular in appearance.
498,993 Jun. 6, 1893 *Metal girders supporting lateral timber deck. Labeled “bridge.”
498,994 Jun. 6, 1893 *Metal girders supporting lateral timber deck. Labeled “bridge.”
Sullivan, Mark, Jacob Kessler & Josiah Foster
224,491 Feb. 10, 1880 Variety of timber chord king-post and queen-post truss configurations.
All with verticals composed of two rods. No diagonals in queen-posts,
including a three vertical version. Labeled “wooden truss-bridge.”
Swartz, Abram
18,253 Sep. 22, 1857 Bowstring truss. Tension rods extend from short towers at each end to
underside of lateral needle-beam at mid-span.
Swartz, Daniel
346,873 Aug. 3, 1886 *Metal abutment frame support for short-span trussed beams.
Sylvester, Frank – see Morse & Sylvester
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