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Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aqueducts (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Masonry Bridges, Viaducts and Aqueducts (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Studies in the History of Civil Engineering
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For 2,000 years the most durable spanning structures have been
built of masonry, and the surviving bridges of the Roman Empire
have challenged master masons, architects and engineers to emulate
and surpass them. Down the centuries, bridge-builders have been
commissioned by monarchs, bishops, councils of state, cities,
private individuals and, more recently, waterway and railway
companies. The studies collected in this volume focus chiefly on
the bridges, viaducts and aqueducts themselves and the actions of
the designers and builders, but also encompass the political,
economic and social contexts and outcomes of their creation. Famous
bridges in Britain, Italy, France, Iran and the USA are all
featured. Narratives of conception, design and construction
predominate, but there are also papers on construction techniques,
on the analysis of documentary sources, and on the continuing
search by modern engineers for satisfactory scientific description
of the strength and stability of arch bridges.
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