Masonry arches

[GregLocock]

JE Gordon says Brunel's masonry arches at Maidenhead were the flattest ever successfully built. So, is that true?

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Greg Locock

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[MikeHalloran]

Wikipedia says that they were the widest and flattest >brick< arches in the world, in 1838.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Railway_Bridge

This one is somewhat newer, and I think makes similar claims, but is not all brick:

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luitpoldbrücke_(München)

Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA