Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (1881)
Association of Engineering Societies (U.S.) · New York, [etc.] Board of Managers · leaf 165
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF STONE BRIDGES. 119 spans at Vicenza, and Fig. 4 still another early Roman bridge, with triumphal arches over the roadway at each end. The ancient Romans, while they built a large number of bridges, … Fig. 2. — Fabricius Bridge at Rome. Fig. 3. — Old Roman Bridge at Vicensa. cm ^ Fig. 4. — Bridge of St. Chamas. aqueducts, and other works of this nature, met with difficulties in the foundations of their bridges over streams. Where they were able to build upon a rock foundation they constructed…
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