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Airship Heritage Trust

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

URL:

http://www.aht.ndirect.co.uk/

Excerpt:

Airshipsonline houses the online archive of the Airship Heritage Trust. Inside you will find an extensive history relating to all of the British Airships from 1900 to the present day. The OnLine-Forum is open to to offer comment and share in news and knowledge between members and the public who share in the interest of lighter than air travel. The Trust is a charitable voluntary run organisation based in the U.K. We own and are responsible for the national heritage airship archive and large collection of airship artifact's and photographs relating to the British Airship Programme, from it’s early days at the turn of the century to the Skyships of the 1980’s.

Annotation:

Airshipsonline exists to provide viewers with access to the archives of the Airship Heritage Trust. The trust was originally established by enthusiasts and relatives of crew members, and continues as an effort to preserve airship history. The site includes a vast array of information relating to all aspects of lighter-than-air technology, especially in the U.K. Uninitiated readers can visit the online reference section to read an elaborate history of airships in general, or individual models. There is also an online discussion forum, dozens of images, and 25 short movie downloads created from original film footage of ships flying, landing, and "on the mast." Designs and flight plans are interesting features of the site as well. The material is not searchable, but a helpful index allows users to jump directly to the information they need, and the site provides an long list of related links with notes.

Turkish Aircraft Production History

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

URL:

http://www.tuncay-deniz.com/ENGLISH/english.html

Excerpt:

It is not widely known that Turkey began quite early to be active in aircraft production. At the beginning the aircraft production was supported mainly by the army. After a difficult start-up phase this status changed only gradually. In the course of time, both civilian institutions and private persons worked in this interesting area. In the following you will find the very first attempt to present this quite unknown part of aviation in a very summarized form.

Annotation:

This site, dedicated to the history of a Turkish aircraft industry, gives a summarized version of the material available in a book by the site's author, an aviation enthusiast who was born in Turkey and grew up in Germany. The site has a very basic design and the navigation is difficult because the pages are labled in many cases by Turkish names and acronyms that are not readily understandable by an english-speaking audiance. Also, each page is not cross-linked, so viewers will have to back-click to the first page before continueing to each following section. But despite the navigational difficulties, the site does offer some interesting information about the Turkish government's interest in aircraft and the partnerships between Turkish groups and foreign manufacturers. The site includes tables that list aircraft licenced for production in Turkey, the years of production, and the actual numbers produced. There are also a few images.

Aquae Urbis Romae - The Waters of the City of Rome

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

URL:

http://jefferson.village.virginia.edu/waters/

Annotation:

An interactive cartographic history of the relationship between hydrological and hydraulic systems and their impact on the urban development of Rome, Italy from 753 BC to the present day.

Bridges

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

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Living Bridges

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

URL:

http://www.dnp.co.jp/museum/nmp/nmp_b/watch/Oct29_e.html#3

Author:

Yoshitaki Mouri, Cultural Studies, Art Watch, Network Museum and Management Project

Excerpt:

In London, arguments about the redevelopment of the area around the Thames River are becoming heated again. However, until recently, the riverside redevelopment plan centered around the Dockland, which was spotlighted in the '80's, had seemed to have faced a setback from 1990, due to the rapidly deteriorating English economic environment. In actuality, even today, the Dockland area, mainly Surrey and Canary Wharf, cannot be described as rejuvenated, and moreover, the economy has not arrived at an upswing. Even then, the arguments about the Thames River are becoming heated among a specific group.

Annotation:

Illustrated review by Yoshitaka Mouri in Art Watch of the Royal Academy of Arts exhibition on inhabited bridges, including historical examples and past utopian bridge plans.

Wrought Iron Bridge Company

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

URL:

http://bridges.lib.lehigh.edu/books/book2371.html

Author:

Digital Bridges, Lehigh University

Excerpt:

The construction of durable Iron Highway Bridges instead of perishable wooden structures – securing, as it does an ornamental and permanent improvement to the public highways, and avoiding their frequent obstruction for the repair or rebuilding of wooden bridges failing from decay, storm or fire – has become an imperative public want, wherever trial has been made of properly designed and constructed work.

Annotation:

This Digital Bridges page contains a facsimile of the illustrated pamphlet of wrought iron bridges built by this Ohio Company. However, unlike several other period bridge-building company pamphlets, the Wrought Iron Bridge Company focuses on images rather than text, leaving an aesthetic record of railroad bridges where other pamphlets tend to give a technical record. A worthwhile primary source for those seeking graphic representations of 19th century bridges.

Structures of Leonhardt, Andra and Partners

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

URL:

http://nisee.berkeley.edu/leonhardt/

Author:

National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering, University of California at Berkeley

Excerpt:

In developing the STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SLIDE LIBRARY as a comprehensive resource for teaching structural and architectural engineering at college and university level, I felt there was a need to devote a volume to the work of one structural design company. Leonhardt, Andrä and Partners of Stuttgart, Germany, was an ideal choice for this project. One of Europe’s leading structural design companies, its staff has been on the leading edge of many developments in engineering over the past 40 years. Their name has been particularly associated with the development of incrementally launched bridges, cable-stayed bridges, cable-net structures, and prestressed concrete television towers.

Annotation:

The University of California at Berkeley has compiled a sizeable archive of slides of work by Leonhardt, Andrä and Partners of Stuttgart, Germany. Images are categorized according to their architectural characteristics, the type of material used, or the type of structure pictured. Text content also details some of the structures pioneered by the architecture firm. Useful for architectural case studies and research.

Conde B. McCullough

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

URL:

http://www.asce.org/history/bio_mccullough.html

Author:

American Society of Civil Engineers

Excerpt:

Conde B. McCullough was born in Redfield, South Dakota, but his family soon moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, where he attended school and graduated from Iowa State University with a degree in civil engineering in 1910.

His firs job was as an assistant engineer in the Iowa Highway Commission, where he soon rose to the position of design engineer. While there, he researched bridges and their design for a lawsuit filed in connection with some bridges that had not been accepted under the existing building codes.

Annotation:

This page is one in a series of biographies about famous civil engineers. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) tracks the path of Conde B. McCullough’s, including his influential post-WWI stint as head of the Oregon Department of Transportation and the architectural tendencies he acquired during that time. The link to photos of the architect's work returns nothing but a blank page; however, the Rogue River Bridge (mentioned in the body of the page's text) has a link to a picture and a description of the structure. Clicking the "resources" link brings up a modicum of recommended reading to spur on any aspiring researchers.

Stowell Park Suspension Bridge

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

URL:

http://www.envf.port.ac.uk/kacanal/html/kac0287.htm

Author:

Kennet and Avon Scrapbook, Geography Department, University of Portsmouth

Excerpt:

Stowell Park Suspension Bridge is an private accommodation bridge over the canal, serving Stowell Park on the north side, giving access to Lower Bristow Copse on the south side of the canal.
The bridge is an elegant web of iron; Dredge's Patent; 42 miles 60 chains from Reading. It was erected at the private expense of Colonel Wroughton of Wilcot, 1845.

Annotation:

Images and data and notes on Dredge's patented design.

Leading The Way: Sir John Monash

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:22.

URL:

http://www.adm.monash.edu.au/magpie/exhibitions/sirjohn/sirjohn.html

Author:

Kathryn Dan, Manager and University Archivist, Monash University

Excerpt:

Debate about the descriptor for Victoria's second university was not prolonged and through an enabling Act 1958, Monash University became one of a very few universities in the world named after a military hero. Of German-Jewish immigrant stock Sir John Monash was Australian, indeed Victorian, to the core and is still regarded as Australia's greatest fighting General. He was possessed of such diverse talents that his scholastic failures as a young man serve to remind us that even great men are human and that focus, application and determination are key ingredients for success as much in academia as in other spheres of life.

Annotation:

This online exhibition features biographical information about engineer John Monash, from his early life, to his time as a soldier, to his lengthy professional life in Australia. However, the true gem of the site is the collection of photographs and other memorabilia donated by the Monash family, such as baby photographs of Monash and scanned facsimilies of his commisions from the Australian government. Though the exhibition has only four web pages of content, the Monash artifacts are scattered on every page, and they are a perfect accompaniment to the data on Wabash himself.