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Bridges over the Grand Canal
This post was planned to be a description of the four bridges over the Grand Canal in Venice, but I discovered that The Happy Pontist has already done this, so I will just provide links to his site, some photos, and comments … Continue reading
More Ligurian Arches
We will complete the stay in Camoglia with another collection of arch structures (great and small, old and new) from the district: The recent photo of the Recco Rail Viaduct is from the Structurae Database. The photo from the time … Continue reading
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Tagged Arch structures, Liguria, Montallegro, Rapallo, Recco rail viaduct, San Fruttuoso
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Ligurian Arches
We have looked previously at Robert Hooke’s statement on the mathematical analysis of arches: abcccddeeeeefggiiiiiiiillmmmmnnnnnooprrsssttttttuuuuuuuvx but of course people had been constructing large arch structures for many hundreds of years before Hooke made his enigmatic statement, and the masters, if … Continue reading
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Tagged arches, Camogli, Cinque Terre, Liguria, Robert Hooke
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The Hawkesbury River Bridge at North Richmond, NSW
The bridge over the Hawkesbury River near North Richmond, North-West of Sydney, is one of the first reinforced concrete structures in Australia. At the time of its construction it was the largest reinforced concrete bridge in the country, and it … Continue reading
The “Glass Bridge” King’s Park, Perth
The Lotterywest Walkway is a fairly recent addition to Perth’s King’s Park, featuring a spectacular arched pedestrian bridge built of weathering steel with glass parapets. My impressions are shown in the photos below. Click on any image for a slide show.
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Tagged Glass Bridge, King's Park, Lotterywest Walkway, Perth, steel arch bridge
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