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Swishbeets t1_ium008o wrote

I thought the first truss bridge was in Hamden? I vaguely remember reading one of those city plaques, near town hall, that mentioned a truss bridge.

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editorgrrl t1_ium2nc4 wrote

https://connecticuthistory.org/town-patents-the-lattice-truss-bridge-today-in-history/

>On January 28, 1820, architect Ithiel Town was granted a patent for a wooden truss bridge, also known as Town's Lattice Truss.

>An architect and civil engineer, Town had already built the first covered bridges to span the Connecticut River, one at Hartford and two in Massachusetts at Springfield and Northampton.

Here’s the patent: https://www.datamp.org//patents/search/advance.php?pn=3169X&id=39852&set=1

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