"Certainly the most striking contemporary example of a similar form [ arch] is to be found in St. Louis' ... In its incredible scale and construction out of metal plates this structure also serves as a convenient reminder of the important developments of the production of iron and steel that took place during the Industrial Revolution and that have so significantly affected arches as well as all other types of structural forms for the past 150 years."
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Bjorn N. Sandaker, Arne P. Eggen, Mark R. Cruvellier, The Structural Basis of Architecture (2013)
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