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China Bridge Discover how China's Song dynasty during the eleventh and twelfth centuries used the high arch "rainbow bridge" to solve the problem of spanning a fast-moving river without impeding boat traffic. Nova online. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/china/ Pbs.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Building a Bridge The story of the rebuilding of a bridge over the Blyth between Heveningham and Ubbeston in 1794. http://www.blythweb.co.uk/blythburgh/1794bridge.htm Blythweb.co.uk  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Context for World Heritage Bridges Contextual essay with bridge design and construction dealt with chronologically by material and by type. Includes bibliography and list of potential World Heritage bridges. http://www.icomos.org/studies/bridges.htm Icomos.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Bridge Signs Douglas Coulter's collection of bridge maker's plates from wrought iron bridges of Illinois. Also features photographs of covered and iron bridges, and bridge postcards. http://www.douglascoulter.com/BridgeSigns/ Douglascoulter.com  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Instructions on Modern American Bridge Building Full text of George Tower's illustrated book first published in 1874. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full%20text;idno=AGW8534.0001.001;didno=AGW8534.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000005 Umich.edu  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   A Treatise on Bracing With its Application to Bridges and Other Structures of Wood or Iron Full text of Bow's 1874 publication. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full%20text;idno=AJR3453.0001.001;didno=AJR3453.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000001 Umich.edu  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   English versus American Bridges Discussion on the merits of English and American iron bridges. Published in the 1874 edition of the Railway Gazette. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa;cc=moa;rgn=full%20text;idno=AJR3197.0001.001;didno=AJR3197.0001.001;view=image;seq=00000001 Umich.edu  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check   Historical Development of Iron and Steel in Bridges Reviews the development of steel bridge construction, demonstrating how improvements in methods and understanding of structural behaviour have enabled greater efficiency and longer spans. Includes illustrations. http://www.esdep.org/4ccr/members/master/wg01b/t0440.htm Esdep.org  ~   Site Info   Whois   Trace Route   RBL Check