Types and Details of Bridge Construction, Vol. 2: Plate Girders, Examples of Constructed Railroad and Highways Spans (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Examples of early work are given to show the development of designs corresponding with the growth of traffic, the improve ment of analytical and mathematical operations, the change from wrought iron to steel, and the great development of bridge-shop and rolling-mill practice. Still other examples of curious or absurd girders show the ingenuity or ignorance of the builder, or the peculiar conditions sometimes encountered.

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