Title & Author:

Masonry bridges, viaducts, and aqueducts / edited by Ted Ruddock.

Publication:

Aldershot, Hants ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate/Variorum, ©2000.

Description:

xxxv, 363 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Series:

Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 2

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Testing times for arches / B. Harvey -- The Roman bridge-builder : some aspects of his work / N.A.F. Smith -- The Pont du Gard and the aqueduct of Nîmes / N.A.F. Smith -- Vitruvius and the elevated aqueducts / F.D. Prager -- Resistance to technological innovation : the history of the pile driver through the 18th century / M.N. Boyer -- Rebuilding the bridge at Albi, 1408-1410 / M.N. Boyer -- Le Pont du Rialto : un chantier public à Venise à la fin du XVIe siècle / D. Calabi and P. Morachiello -- The Pul-i Khwājū in Isfahan : a combination of bridge, dam and water art / H. Luschey -- Berwick-on-Tweed Bridge / J. Summerson -- Hollow spandrels in arch bridges : a historical study / E.C. Ruddock -- Pont-y-ty-pridd : a critical examination of its history / E.I. Williams -- William Edwards's bridge at Pontypridd / E.C. Ruddock -- The foundations of Hexham Bridge / E.C. Ruddock -- Pulteney Bridge / Jean Manco -- Two masonry bridges. II. Telford's bridge at Over / J. Heyman and B.D. Threlfall -- Arch bridges / J.B.B. Owen -- Valley crossings on the Old Croton Aqueduct / L.D. Lankton -- The Canton Viaduct / E.D. Galvin -- The fall of Barentin Viaduct, 10 January 1846 / D. Brooke -- The safety of masonry arches / J. Heyman.

Summary:

For 2000 years, the most durable spanning structures have been built of masonry, and the surviving bridges of the Roman Empire have challenged others to emulate and surpass them. Focusing on the actions of designers and buildings, this text also explores the social contexts of their creations.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0860787516 (alk. paper)
9780860787518 (alk. paper)
0860787508
9780860787501

Subject:

British Centre Die Brücke Düsseldorf
Bridges History.
Viaducts History.
Aqueducts History.
Masonry bridges History.
Arch bridges History.
Viaducs Histoire.
Aqueducs Histoire.
Ponts en maçonnerie Histoire.
Ponts en arc Histoire.
Ponts Histoire.
Masonry bridges
Arch bridges
Aqueducts
Bridges
Viaducts
Baustein
Eisenbahnbau
Aquädukt
Mauerwerk
Viadukt
Aufsatzsammlung
Brücke
Metselwerk.
Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw)
Aquaducten.
Geschiedenis (vorm)

Form/genre:

Aufsatzsammlung.
History

Added entries:

Ruddock, Ted, 1930-
Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 2.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 212981
Call No.: TA770.M3 2000
Status: Available