Masonry bridges, viaducts, and aqueducts
By: edited by Ted Ruddock.
Contributors: Ruddock, Ted, 1930-
Series: Studies in the history of civil engineering -- v. 2.
Publisher: Ashgate/Variorum
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants; Burlington, Vt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Subjects: Bridges -- History; Viaducts -- History; Aqueducts -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Testing times for arches / B. Harvey; title: The Roman bridge-builder : some aspects of his work / N.A.F. Smith; title: The Pont du Gard and the aqueduct of Nîmes / N.A.F. Smith; title: Vitruvius and the elevated aqueducts / F.D. Prager; title: Resistance to technological innovation : the history of the pile driver through the 18th century / M.N. Boyer; title: Rebuilding the bridge at Albi, 1408-1410 / M.N. Boyer; title: Le Pont du Rialto : un chantier public à Venise à la fin du XVIe siècle / D. Calabi and P. Morachiello; title: The Pul-i Khwājū in Isfahan : a combination of bridge, dam and water art / H. Luschey; title: Berwick-on-Tweed Bridge / J. Summerson; title: Hollow spandrels in arch bridges : a historical study / E.C. Ruddock; title: Pont-y-ty-pridd : a critical examination of its history / E.I. Williams; title: William Edwards's bridge at Pontypridd / E.C. Ruddock; title: The foundations of Hexham Bridge / E.C. Ruddock; title: Pulteney Bridge / Jean Manco; title: Two masonry bridges. II. Telford's bridge at Over / J. Heyman and B.D. Threlfall; title: Arch bridges / J.B.B. Owen; title: Valley crossings on the Old Croton Aqueduct / L.D. Lankton; title: The Canton Viaduct / E.D. Galvin; title: The fall of Barentin Viaduct, 10 January 1846 / D. Brooke; title: The safety of masonry arches / J. Heyman.