THE SOUTH DEVON 



MONTHLY MUSEUM. 



PLYMOUTH, MAY 1, 1833. 



No. 5.] PRICE SIXPENCE. [VOL. I. 



THE SPECTATOR, No. II. 



LARY BRIDGE. 



THE following account of the construction and 

 erection of the Lary Bridge is abstracted from a paper 

 on the subject written by the architect, J. M. RENDEL, 

 Esq., and published by him in the Transactions of the 

 Plymouth Institution. 



THE Lary bridge is constructed over an estuary, 

 from which it derives its name, and is distant from 

 Plymouth about one mile and a quarter. 



The sketch which accompanies this paper, is an ac- 

 curate representation of it. In the arrangement, it will 

 be seen, that I have differed materially from other 

 works of a similar nature : First in the form and ter- 

 mination of the piers, at the springing of the arches : 

 and, second in the curve of the arches, which instead 

 of being segments of a circle, are segments of an ellipse ; 

 thus, in great measure, avoiding what I have been led 

 to consider a defect, in other works of a like descrip- 

 tion. I allude to the unpleasant effect produced by 

 small segments of a circle springing from straight sided 

 piers, always disagreeable to the eye of an observer, 

 from the abruptness of the angle. By the present 

 arrangement, the arches, at a little distance, seem to 

 form a continuous line with their piers ; which in uni- 

 son with the superstructure, unbroken by the intrusion 

 of unnecessary masonry, produce an effect that will, it 

 is hoped, be found generally pleasing. The dimen- 

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