The Restoration of the Name of Jefferson Davis to the Cabin John Bridge, Washington, District of Columbia
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Excerpt from The Restoration of the Name of Jefferson Davis to the Cabin John Bridge, Washington, District of Columbia: Being the Official Correspondence Leading to This Restoration The purpose of this pamphlet is to relate officially, in chronological order, the history of the restoration of the name of Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War of the United States of America, to the Cabin John Bridge, at Washington, District of Columbia - a page of American History restored to its rightful place. For the information of those who are not familiar with the history of the Union Arch, better known as the Cabin John Bridge, the Aqueduct at Washington, D.C, the following facts are given: On April 21, 1852, the Congress of the United States took the initiatory steps to supply Washington and Georgetovsoi with good water, by appropriating $5,000 for surveys, c. Later successive appropriations were made as follows:1853, $100, 000; 1855, $250,000; 1856, $250,000; 1857, $1,000,000; 1858, $800,000; 1859, no appropriation, but a law passed for the care of the aqueduct; 1860, $500,000; 1863 the masonry engineering was practically completed. The chief engineer was Montgomery C. Meigs, with Charles T.Curtis as general superintendent and inspector. Much of the detail of the plans and drawing was by Alfred L. Rives, of Virginia. The measurements, including the abutments, are: over all length, 450 feet; single span, 220 feet; rise, 57.26 feet; at the crown, thick 4.2 feet; brick conduit, 9 feet diameter; and roadway about 100 feet above the ravine. Materials: abutments, of gneiss from Maryland; rubble arch and spandrels, of Seneca sandstone; and the stone arch, or ring of granite, from Quincy, Massachusetts. The first work on the bridge proper began in 1857, while Jefferson Davis was Secretary of War. As the construction of this enormous undertaking was under the supervision of the War Department, his name was cut on the tablet in the western end of the bridge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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