ON THE 



CHAIN BRIDGE, 



AT 



BROUGHTON. 



BY MR. EATON HODGKINSON. 



(Read February 8th, 1828.) 



1 . X HIS elegant though comparatively small 

 stnictare has, as is well known to almost 

 every one in this neighbourhood, been recently 

 erected over the river Irwell, about a mile and 

 a half from Manchester. It is the private 

 property of John Fitzgerald, Esq., and connects 

 Pendleton with Broughton. 



It is not the intention of the writer to give 

 a popular description of this bridge, which is 

 only 1 44 feet 6 inches span ; but to estimate 

 numerically the principal strains on the structure, 

 and compare its strength with them. In this 



