Howe's brother-in-law, Amasa Stone, bought the rights to the truss design, moved to Cleveland and made a fortune building railroad bridges. Stone was a major donor to Western Reserve College ...

In 1848, the Howe Truss bridge was a relatively new truss design; it was patented in 1840. Early on, it was a bridge type that thrived because of its heavy use of timber and minimal use of iron.

Howe to perfect the Howe truss bridge, buying the patent rights in 1842 and eventually constructing hundreds of bridges using his own improved design. After building the Cleveland-to-Columbus spur of ...

The bridge was built by architect, William Howe. Jefferson City explains the idea behind the bridge on their website, "It utilizes similar design such as Pratt truss, but with a strong difference.

The architects were intrigued with the bridge for its Howe truss design, calling it a perfect example of 1850s engineering and bridge-building technology. Marston said the design used in this ...

A truss bridge is a triangular assembly of members that act principally in tension or compression, Gasparini said in a 2012 interview. The design creates a very rigid structure that transfers the ...

The bridge was a Howe-Truss, single-track style bridge that spanned 1,581 feet from shore to shore, with a swing span located about midstream. It was struck by the steamboat Effie Afton just ...

a state Floodplains by Design grant and a contribution from the Peninsula Trails Coalition. Additionally, a First Federal Community Foundation grant of $100,000 will be used to re-deck the Howe truss ...