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The Town Bridge
Short article from the Eli Whitney museum. Includes Town's patent drawing of the lattice truss, 1820, and a present view of the bridge.
The Yadkin's First Bridges
Biography with details of his design of a bridge across the Cape Fear River. Includes an album of Town lattice truss covered bridges
Town's Lattice Truss
Diagram of the patented lattice truss and detail photograph of Town's treenail joints.