Word: bridgemen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Where the Army and the bridgemen split was on clearance. The War Department insisted that the bridge centre must be at least 200 ft. above the water, its pierheads 185 ft. The bridge company offered 180 ft. centre clearance and 154 ft. at the pierheads, declared the structure, if made higher, would be economically unsound because of increased approaches. The Army's specifications, it said, would add $25,000,000 to a cost that already rose close to $200,000.000. But the Army insisted on 200 ft. clearance to accommodate the masts of the Leviathan, Majestic, Olympic, Bremen and Berengaria...
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