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Category Archives: Historic Bridges
Lennox Bridge
Last December I joined Bill Harvey on a visit to Lennox Bridge west of Sydney. Bill has now documented the visit in his Bridge of the Month site, including history, comments on the structural form, and a dynamic 3D model … Continue reading
Posted in Arch structures, Historic Bridges, Newton
Tagged 3D Model, Bill Harvey, Bridge of the Month, Lennox Bridge, stone arch bridge
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Trinity Bridge and Bridge of the Month
Bill Harvey has been doing a monthly report on historical bridges for many years, but recent issues have the added interest of interactive 3D models of the selected bridges. The Trinity Bridge at Crowland in South Lincolnshire is an excellent … Continue reading
Posted in Arch structures, Historic Bridges, Newton
Tagged 3D Model, Bill Harvey, stone arch bridge, Trinity Bridge
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The Gladesville Bridge is 50
The Gladesville Bridge in Sydney is much less well known than the steel arch bridge just up-river, but in many ways the methods used in its design and construction were more innovative, and at the time of its completion it … Continue reading
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Tagged Avignon Bridge, Gladesville Bridge
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An old bridge in Palermo and pointed arches
The Ponte dell’ Ammiraglio (Admiral’s Bridge) in Palermo, Sicily, built from 1125-1135 (or 1113, according to the Italian Wikipedia), is one of the oldest surviving post-Roman era arch bridges in Europe. The bridge has been restored and surrounded by a … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral's Bridge, arch forms, old arch bridges, Palermo, Ponte dell' Ammiraglio
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Rain, Steam and Speed
Joseph Mallord William Turner and Isambard Kingdom Brunel were the leading British practitioners in their respective fields in the 19th Century. Their works came together in Turner’s painting “Rain, Steam and Speed”, which depicts Brunel’s Maidenhead Railway Bridge over the … Continue reading
