CONTENTS 



OF THE 



STATISTICAL ACCOUNT 



OF THE 



SCHUYLKILL PERMANENT BRIDGE. 



Sundry Bridges erected in Pennsylvania and on its borders. 



Character of the river Schuylkill. Law for establishing 



High street ferry ^ - _ _ _ _ _ 5 



Floating Bridges^ an account of them. Projects informer 



times for Bridges^ and remarks thereon, - - 8 



Commencement of plan of the present Bridge, - - 18 

 Act of Incorporation, and Organization of the Company, 21 

 Plans for the present Bridge, and its execution on the plan 



adopted, - _ •- - _ . . 24 



Description of the Bridge, - - - - 29 



General Observations, ---___ 33 



Recipe fur Composition to imitate Stone, - - - 36 

 Dimensions of the Bridge, ----- 38 

 Amount of Toll. Names o^the Officers of the Company, 39 

 Extracts from Reports of the Building Committee, - 40 

 Description of the Westerii Pier, - - - - 42 

 Communication respecting the Cover, - - - 43 



Address of the President arid Directors at the close of the 



Work, 52 



Statement of the situation of the Stock, in 1806 and 1807, 56 

 Coffier Dams and Piers, - - - - - 57 



Reynarks on single, or multiplied Arches, - - - 73 

 Chronometrical Obelisk, and its Inscriptions, - - 76 

 Rates of Toll, established by Latv ; and Rules respecting 



Transportation, - - - - - - 82 



Plate of the Bridge prefxed. 



