Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://wikidata.dbpedia.org/resource/Q1540908> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 54 of
54
with 100 triples per page.
- Q1540908 description "American civil engineer".
- Q1540908 description "American civil engineer".
- Q1540908 subject Q6644937.
- Q1540908 subject Q6933182.
- Q1540908 subject Q7012009.
- Q1540908 subject Q8244649.
- Q1540908 abstract "James Finley (1756 – 1828), aka Judge James Finley, is widely recognized as the first designer and builder of the modern suspension bridge. Born in Ireland, Finley moved to a 287-acre (1.16 km2) farm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, near Uniontown. Elected a justice of the peace in 1784, he went on to become county commissioner in 1789, and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate. From 1791 until his death, he was an Associate Judge for Fayette County.His Jacob's Creek Bridge, built in 1801 for US$600, and demolished in 1833, was the first example of a suspension bridge using wrought iron chains and with a level deck. It connected Uniontown to Greensburg, spanning 70 feet (21 metres), and was 12 feet 6 inches (3.81 m) wide.Finley is also credited with designing and constructing a chain suspension bridge across Dunlap's Creek in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in 1809. In 1820, however, the bridge collapsed under a heavy snow combined with the loads from a six-horse wagon team. The bridge was replaced by the Dunlap's Creek Bridge, the country's first cast-iron bridge, in 1835.Other bridges built in accord with his patent include: Potomac River, 1807, 39 metre span Chain Bridge at Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, 1808; 2 spans, eastern span 60.96 metre (200 ft), western span about 30.48 metre (100 ft); collapsed January 1816 under a heavy weight of snow. Newburyport, Massachusetts over the Merrimack River, 1810, 74 metre (244 ft) span, collapsed 1827 Lehigh River, Northampton, Pennsylvania, retained in service until 1933Although he has been credited with designing as many as forty bridges, only twenty sites have been identified. None of Finley's bridges survive.Finley patented his system in 1808 and also published a paper on the principles of the deck-stiffened suspension bridge.".
- Q1540908 birthDate "1756".
- Q1540908 birthPlace Q22890.
- Q1540908 birthYear "1756".
- Q1540908 deathDate "1828".
- Q1540908 deathYear "1828".
- Q1540908 thumbnail View_of_the_Chain_Bridge_The_Port_Folio_June_1810.jpg?width=300.
- Q1540908 wikiPageExternalLink iron_wire_bridge.html.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q1187047.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q12570.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q1298091.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q1345.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q179444.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q22890.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q488683.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q5067866.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q517787.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q5315401.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q54134.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q6118207.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q6644937.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q6933182.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q7012009.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q734974.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q8244649.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q860451.
- Q1540908 wikiPageWikiLink Q933747.
- Q1540908 dateOfBirth "1756".
- Q1540908 dateOfDeath "1828".
- Q1540908 name "Finley, James".
- Q1540908 placeOfBirth "Ireland".
- Q1540908 shortDescription "American civil engineer".
- Q1540908 type Person.
- Q1540908 type Agent.
- Q1540908 type Person.
- Q1540908 type Agent.
- Q1540908 type NaturalPerson.
- Q1540908 type Thing.
- Q1540908 type Q215627.
- Q1540908 type Q5.
- Q1540908 type Person.
- Q1540908 comment "James Finley (1756 – 1828), aka Judge James Finley, is widely recognized as the first designer and builder of the modern suspension bridge. Born in Ireland, Finley moved to a 287-acre (1.16 km2) farm in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, near Uniontown. Elected a justice of the peace in 1784, he went on to become county commissioner in 1789, and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate.".
- Q1540908 label "James Finley (engineer)".
- Q1540908 depiction View_of_the_Chain_Bridge_The_Port_Folio_June_1810.jpg.
- Q1540908 givenName "James".
- Q1540908 name "Finley, James".
- Q1540908 name "James Finley".
- Q1540908 surname "Finley".