Open Road — Guides — Railroads — Canals — Bridges 



Barlow, Peter. Observations on the Niagara railway suspension ig6i 

 bridge. (Jour. Frank, inst. Feb. 1861. 71:237-238.) Barlow 



This article, taken from the London Builder No. 927, deals with the 

 suggestion of two London suspension bridges as a result of Barlow's 

 observations on the Niagara bridge. 



BARLOW, Peter W. On the mechanism of bridges. (Jour. Frank, 

 inst. Feb. 1861. 71:89-93.) 



Deals with the construction and cure of the undulation of suspension 

 bridges. 



1863 

 JOHNSON, F. H. Guide to Niagara Falls and its scenery. . . . 1863 



Phila. : Childs. 1863. Johnson 



A descriptive guide to all points of interest on both the American and 

 Canadian sides with some account of the geology and recession of the 

 Falls by Sir Charles Lyell. 



Other editions in 1 864. 1 867, and 1 868. 



National Ship-canal Convention. Proceeding of the conr ig63 

 vention held at the city of Chicago, June 2 and 3, 1 863. Chicago : National 

 Tribune Co. 1863. Pp. 111-114, Ship-Canal 



r Convention 



Abstract from Captain W. G. Williams's report on a Niagara ship 

 canal, made in 1835, showing the proposed routes. 



1864 



New York (State). Report of the committee on commerce and \s^A 

 navigation on the bill for the incorporation of the Niagara ship canal com- New York 

 pany, transmitted to the legislature January 22, 1864. Albany: Comstock 

 and Cassidy. 1864. (Sen. doc. 21. January 22, 1864.) 



Discusses the national character, military characteristics, commercial 

 importance, and history of the Niagara ship canal project, with the scale 

 of navigation and cost of transportation. 



Niagara Falls. A guide and souvenir with a new series of views from i864 

 photographs taken on the spot. Buffalo: Sage Sons and Co. 1864. 



Itinerary separated from explanatory and anecdotal matter. 



(A) souvenir of Niagara Falls, with a series of views in oil colors, 

 from photographs taken on the spot. Buffalo: Sage. 1864. 



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1864 



