Directory of History Resources

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This category is for listing sites about the history of bridge construction and design. The category has two sub categories: Bridge Builders category for people who have made significant contributions in the field, and Historic Bridges

Subcategories

• Historic Bridges
• People

Resources in This Category

• A Treatise on Bracing With its Application to Bridges and Other Structures of Wood or Iron

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full+text;idno=AJR3453.0001.001;didno=AJR3453.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000001
  Full text of Bow's 1874 publication.

• Bridge Signs

  http://www.douglascoulter.com/BridgeSigns/
  Douglas Coulter's collection of bridge maker's plates from wrought iron bridges of Illinois. Also features photographs of covered and iron bridges, and bridge postcards.

• China Bridge

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/
  Discover how China's Song dynasty during the eleventh and twelfth centuries used the high arch "rainbow bridge" to solve the problem of spanning a fast-moving river without impeding boat traffic. Nova online.

• English versus American Bridges

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full+text;idno=AJR3197.0001.001;didno=AJR3197.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000001
  Discussion on the merits of English and American iron bridges. Published in the 1874 edition of the Railway Gazette.

• Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building

  http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full+text;idno=AGW8534.0001.001;didno=AGW8534.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000005
  Full text of George Tower's illustrated book first published in 1874.

 

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