This is a single suspension bridge from the Bridgemeister historical inventory of suspension bridges.

Valparaiso Pier

Valparaiso, Chile
Bridgemeister ID:6420 (added 2021-07-31)
Name:Valparaiso Pier
Location:Valparaiso, Chile
Principals:Charles D. Young and Co., Frederick W. Etheredge
Use:Footbridge
Status:Destroyed, March, 1856
Main Cables:Rod (iron)
Suspended Spans:3
Main Span:1
Side Spans:2

Notes:

  • Suspension pier based on James Dredge's patent.
  • A large illustration of a suspension pier built based on Dredge's patent appears in Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Machinery, Implements, Tools, Manufactured Articles, Raw Materials, etc.… published by Charles D. Young & Co. in the 1850s.

Annotated Citations:

  • Lloyd, William. A Railway Pioneer Notes by a Civil Engineer in Europe and America from 1838 to 1888. London, Baines and Scarsbrook, 1900.

    Mentions "In March of the same year [1856], a disastrous gale at Valparaiso drove several ships on shore, destroying a large iron suspension pier, erected by one of my Directors". This is very likely referring to the Dredge patent pier.


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