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If anyone has a "clean" picture of the obelisk mounment, please consider adding it to the article. Sadly, in the HAER image it is covered with graffiti -- which hopefully has since been cleaned off. [1] — Eoghanacht talk 17:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I grew up in this area and spent quite a bit of time in Ellicott City, Elkridge, Relay and especially Patapsco State Park. (All of them.) I have always loved this bridge. I have been working on fixing up this page over the past few days. Anyone have any grief in changing its format? Most of everything else is the same except for a few added facts, broken things up into sections and the timeline is edited to flow smoothly together instead of afterthoughts. A few other minor changes as well.. Are there any grievances to a complete overhaul?
There seems to be a lot of confusion about this in our sources. The fact is that the Thomas Viaduct wasn't the first; the Patterson Viaduct was constructed in 1829, and it had four arches. The Thomas Viaduct wasn't built until 1835. The Patterson doesn't survive intact; only one arch remains. But it was first. Mangoe ( talk) 19:39, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the correction, Mangoe, looks like you're correct. Of course it could have been phrased 'oldest intact multiarch railroad bridge', but it's clear enough now. I was just trying to get rid of the 'dubious' tag. FYI, if you don't already know, there will be a celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Thomas Viaduct in July. I can get you info if you need it. I'm not a railroad expert, just a great, great, multi great nephew of Philip Thomas! :-) Nydhogg ( talk) 22:46, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
I may be missing a crucial distinction, but the Laigh Milton Viaduct in Scotland was built in 1812, of stone, for a railroad (though originally a horse-drawn one), and has 4 arches (and so is "multi-arch). The wiki page for Laigh Milton notes it as "the oldest in Scotland" but only "probably the world's earliest surviving railway viaduct on a public railway" (my emphasis), so I am not sure whether the Scottish one qualifies as the oldest in the world either. Thomas Peardew ( talk) 16:49, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
When one says it's "the world's largest bridge of its kind" one has to specify what kind in order for the statement to have meaning. Is the kind the largest masonry railroad bridge built on a curve? Or what is the kind? -- Wetman ( talk) 15:21, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I have researched this item for a historical designation and all of the above comments have validity. The article needs some editing ... I am working on the following material to be edited into the article. I am posting here for comment before I move it over to the main article space.
Cheers Risk Engineer ( talk) 15:13, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
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If anyone has a "clean" picture of the obelisk mounment, please consider adding it to the article. Sadly, in the HAER image it is covered with graffiti -- which hopefully has since been cleaned off. [1] — Eoghanacht talk 17:00, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
I grew up in this area and spent quite a bit of time in Ellicott City, Elkridge, Relay and especially Patapsco State Park. (All of them.) I have always loved this bridge. I have been working on fixing up this page over the past few days. Anyone have any grief in changing its format? Most of everything else is the same except for a few added facts, broken things up into sections and the timeline is edited to flow smoothly together instead of afterthoughts. A few other minor changes as well.. Are there any grievances to a complete overhaul?
There seems to be a lot of confusion about this in our sources. The fact is that the Thomas Viaduct wasn't the first; the Patterson Viaduct was constructed in 1829, and it had four arches. The Thomas Viaduct wasn't built until 1835. The Patterson doesn't survive intact; only one arch remains. But it was first. Mangoe ( talk) 19:39, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
Thanks for the correction, Mangoe, looks like you're correct. Of course it could have been phrased 'oldest intact multiarch railroad bridge', but it's clear enough now. I was just trying to get rid of the 'dubious' tag. FYI, if you don't already know, there will be a celebration of the 175th anniversary of the Thomas Viaduct in July. I can get you info if you need it. I'm not a railroad expert, just a great, great, multi great nephew of Philip Thomas! :-) Nydhogg ( talk) 22:46, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
I may be missing a crucial distinction, but the Laigh Milton Viaduct in Scotland was built in 1812, of stone, for a railroad (though originally a horse-drawn one), and has 4 arches (and so is "multi-arch). The wiki page for Laigh Milton notes it as "the oldest in Scotland" but only "probably the world's earliest surviving railway viaduct on a public railway" (my emphasis), so I am not sure whether the Scottish one qualifies as the oldest in the world either. Thomas Peardew ( talk) 16:49, 23 May 2013 (UTC)
When one says it's "the world's largest bridge of its kind" one has to specify what kind in order for the statement to have meaning. Is the kind the largest masonry railroad bridge built on a curve? Or what is the kind? -- Wetman ( talk) 15:21, 24 May 2013 (UTC)
I have researched this item for a historical designation and all of the above comments have validity. The article needs some editing ... I am working on the following material to be edited into the article. I am posting here for comment before I move it over to the main article space.
Cheers Risk Engineer ( talk) 15:13, 25 September 2019 (UTC)