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 for Composition to i?nitate Stone, - - - 36 

 Dimensions of the Bridge, - - - - - 38 



Amount of Toll. Names o^the O^fcers of the Company, 39 

 Extracts fro7n Reports of the Building Committee, - 40 

 Description of the Western Pier, . - - - 42 

 Communication respecting the Cover, . - - 43 



Address of the President and Directors at the close of the 



Work, 52 



Statement of the situation of the Stock, in 1 806 and 1 807, 56 

 Coffer Dams and Piers, - - - - - 57 



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



Chronometrical Obelisk, and its Inscriptions, - - 76 



Rates of Toll, established by Law ; and Rules respecting 

 Transportation, - - - - - - 82 



I^Iatc of the Bridge prefixed. 



