Designed, patented, and built by Thomas W.H. Moseley, this arched 96-foot span bridge preceded by years the standard use of wrought iron for bridges. For the first time in the United States, Moseley incorporated the use of riveted wrought-iron plates for the triangular-shaped top chord.
Merrimak
![Moseley Wrought Iron Arch Bridge](/sites/default/files/styles/landmark_node_/public/2018-03/Moseley1.jpg?itok=Vl4Zw6K_)
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Image Credit: Courtesy Wikicommons/Elizabeth Thomsen (CC BY-SA 3.0)Image Caption: Moseley Arch, Merrimack College, North Andover, MassachusettsEra_date_from: 1864
1998
Innovations
![Moseley Wrought Iron Arch Bridge](/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/2018-03/Moseley1.jpg?itok=dKfTn6po)
Designed, patented, and built by Thomas W.H. Moseley, this arched 96-foot span bridge preceded by years the standard use of wrought iron for bridges. For the first time in the United States, Moseley incorporated the use of riveted wrought-iron plates for the triangular-shaped top chord.
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