Constructed by Sir William Arrol, it is supported by 1000 ton counterweights and comprises three double cantilevers held together with girder spans.

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He might have taken the time to saddle the horse or hitched up three spans of mules to Concord stage-coach and smoked a pipe as it seems no one in that city was after him.

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