Excerpt from The Engineering Journal, 1935, Vol. 18: The Journal of the Engineering Institute of Canada Bascule bridges had their origin in the mediaeval draw bridges which were used to span the moats surrounding military strongholds. As these, and the earliest types of bascule bridges, were not counterweighted they could only span narrow Openings. With the advent of the timber truss it became for the first time possible to bridge navigable steams of some size. The modern era of bascule bridge building may be said to have ...
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Excerpt from The Engineering Journal, 1935, Vol. 18: The Journal of the Engineering Institute of Canada Bascule bridges had their origin in the mediaeval draw bridges which were used to span the moats surrounding military strongholds. As these, and the earliest types of bascule bridges, were not counterweighted they could only span narrow Openings. With the advent of the timber truss it became for the first time possible to bridge navigable steams of some size. The modern era of bascule bridge building may be said to have started with the construction of the London Tower Bridge, completed in 1894. Since then the bascule type has been developed rapidly and many sub-types have been invented which vary considerably in design. The vast majority, however, may be grouped into three classes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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