Masonry bridges, viaducts, and aqueducts. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Ted Ruddock.
• Other Names: Ruddock, Ted, 1930-
• Contents: 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.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 pages)
• Subjects: 624/.2/09; Bridges -- History; Viaducts -- History; Aqueducts -- History; Viaducs -- Histoire; Aqueducs -- Histoire; Ponts en maçonnerie -- Histoire; Ponts en arc -- Histoire; Aqueducts; Bridges; Viaducts; Metselwerk; Bruggen (weg- en waterbouw); Aquaducten; Baustein; Brücke; Eisenbahnbau; Aquädukt; Baustein; Brücke; Eisenbahnbau; Mauerwerk; Viadukt; Brücke; Mauerwerk; Aufsatzsammlung; Viadukt; Aquädukt; Geschiedenis (vorm); Aufsatzsammlung; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351919272
• Related ISBNs: 135191927X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.