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.
Images and data and notes on Dredge's patented design.
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.
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.
See "Album of Designs of the Phoenix Bridge Company."
Facsimile of this 1873 publication of railway bridges. Produced by Clark, Reeves & Co. before change to Phoenix Bridge. Also available in pdf and tiff formats.
The theory of the equilibrium of arches, until of late years, commanded but little attention from practical men, partly owing to the fact that, since it was derived from observations of their own failures and successes, it came rather too late to be of much service to them, but chiefly owing to the form in which it was presented by mathematicians, who, by giving a fictitious importance to insignificant matters, effectually obscured the broad truth, that the whole question was essentially a comparatively simple problem of weight and leverage.
This archived Digital Bridges document reviews some engineering techniques on the forefront of bridge-building technology in the late 19th century. Like many similar period documents, the bulk of the work is textual and the sentences too convoluted for casual reading; the document was likely intended for readers already educated in the subject. However, there are also some useful lithographs in the book, and the entire document shows the direction in which engineers believed bridge-building would be headed in the coming years.
Mid-19th century advertisement for Wendell Bollman from a City Directory , a civil and constructing engineer noted for his truss bridges. An engraving in the ad. shows a truss bridge with a Civil War era locomotive about to cross it. The address for Bollman's works was given as Clinton Street and Second Avenue, Canton.
Facsimile of a mid-19th century advertisement from a City directory.
Born in Berne, Switzerland, future structural engineering visionary Robert Malliart earned a degree in civil engineering from the Federal Polytechnical Institute in Zurich in 1894. Malliart established his own design-construction company in 1902 and moved the firm to Russia in 1912, only to see it fail during the Russian Revolution five years later.
In a two-year span before the move to Russia, Malliart entered five major bridge competitions, although judging bodies typically preferred bridges more conventional than young Malliart’s. Regardless of the design competitions, continued innovative bridge designs produced notoriety for him.
This page is one in a series of biographies about famous civil engineers. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) follows Malliart from his Russian emigration, through his invention of the deck-stiffened arch bridge, and up to the completion of the Salginatobel Bridge, his longest bridge. A picture and a description of the structure appear after clicking on the Salginatobel's name. Clicking the "resources" link brings up a modicum of recommended reading to spur on any aspiring researchers.
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Collection of photographs and statistics of the engineer's bridges.
Eugene C. Figg, Jr.: Born on 4 August 1936 in Charleston, South Carolina, USA. Deceased on 20 March 2002 in Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Associated with the following firms:Formerly:Founder(s): Barrett, Daffin & Figg; Figg & Muller Engineers; Figg Engineering Group. Participation in the following structures:Designer: Natchez Trace Parkway Arches (1994), Sagadahoc Bridge (2000), Seven Mile Bridge (1982), Sunshine Skyway Bridge (1987).
Includes a biography, list of structures designed, relevant web sites, and bibliography.
Welcome to the Portland Bridges page, presented by Environmental Services, Oregon Department of Transportation. The bridges of Portland, Oregon are numerous and diverse. The structures, ranging in age from 27 years to 90 years of age, represent a variety of construction types including vertical lift spans, double-leaf Bascule drawspans, and the longest tied arch span in the world.
History and discussion on Modjeski's proposal for a bascule construction.
Ralph Modjeski, considered "America's greatest bridge builder", was born in Bochnia, near the city of Krakow, Poland on January 27, 1861. He immigrated to America at the age of 15 with his mother, famous Shakespearean actress, Helen Modjeska, in July, 1876. Even though Modjeski seemed destined to become an accomplished concert pianist, he went on instead to become a highly successful civil engineer and "one of the twentieth century's most famous designers and builders of bridges". In 1929, Modjeski was awarded the John Fritz Gold Medal, the highest American engineering medal, with a citation for his genius in combining strength and beauty. He was also honored by the Pennsylvania state legislature in 1966 by a resolution citing him as one of America's "greatest inventors".
Features a biography, major accomplishments, and essay " The Polish Bridge Builder" by Kaya Mirecka Ploss, PhD.
