Ancient and modern engineering and the Isthmian canal (1903)
Burr, William H. (William Hubert), 1851-1934 · New York, J. Wiley & Sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 55
EARLY ROMAN BRIDGES. 33 what is supposed to be a wooden arch bridge with masonry piers across the Danube just below the rapids of the Iron Gate. A bas relief on the Trajan Column at Rome exhibits the tim- ber arches, but fails to give the span lengths, which have been the … Plan at Pier. Fig. ii. — Bridge thrown across the Rhine by Julius Caesar. subject of much controversy, some supposing them to have been as much as 170 feet. The ancient Pons Fabricius, now known as Ponte Quattiro Capi, still exists, and it is the only one which remains intact after an expiration of…
Civil engineering · Canals, Interoceanic
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