Author name: S.T. Miller

S.T. Miller was a contributor to the Thomas Paine Society of England.

The Wearmouth Iron Bridge at Sunderland, with ships sailing beneath, and details

The Second Iron Bridge

S.T. Miller / January 1, 1996

TPUK 1996 Number 1 Volume 3

The failure to recognise the contribution of Burdon to the development of Sunderland and the North-East and the expansion of the application of iron, apart from the production of a beautiful bridge, is made worse in a way by the fact that Burdon’s sole excursions from his enforced retirement after 1803.

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Cast Iron Bridge over the River Wear at Sunderland - link

THE SECOND IRON BRIDGE

S.T. Miller / January 1, 1975

Thomas Paine Society UK, TPUK 1975 Number 2 Volume 5

Paine’s project was more appreciative of the potentialities of iron than either the Coaibrookdale Iron Bridge, based as it was on principles of wood construction, or Burden’s bridge, which, it was agreed by all observers, was based on the principles of stone construction.

Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine and Science

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