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Looking for Haupt pre-built truss bridge plans

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Does anyone have any plans or drawings for General Haupt’s truss bridges? These were pre-fabbed 60 feet long trusses designed for rebuilding damaged bridges during the American War Between The States.

#2

http://www.vermontbridges.com/bridger.summer09.htm

scroll down the page.

#3

[color=blue]Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt: GIVING HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED OFFICIAL ORDERS[/color]

[color=blue]GENERAL THEORY OF BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION: DEMONSTRATIONS OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE ART AND THEIR APPLICATION TO PRACTICE;[/color]

[color=blue]Military bridges: with suggestions for new expedients[/color]

[color=blue]H. Haupt - U.S. Patent No. 1,445 1839[/color]