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Britannia bridge

Britannia bridge, Menai Strait,1826, by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)... [Pg.112]

In spite of this Fairbairn [51] complains about the number of weak bridges built as a result of the success of the Britannia and Conway bridges. There were defects not only in the safety factors used but the eroneous system of contractors tendering by weight, led not only to defects in the principle of construction, but the introduction of bad iron and, in many cases, equally bad workmanship. [Pg.57]

Fairbairn, W., An Account of the Construction of the Britannia And Conwy Tubular Bridges, John Weale, London, 1849. [Pg.373]

John Rapley, The Britannia and other Tubular Bridges, 2003, p. 113. The obsolescence of a structural form is seldom traced so well. The very rapid demise of tubular constmction makes it a good case study. [Pg.219]

Rapley, J. (2003) The Britannia and Other Tubular Bridges And the Men Who Built Them. Gloucestershire NPI Media Group. [Pg.232]

Fig. 6. Britannia Tubular Bridge. The girders were continuous over the four spans and entry to the cells was possible only at the ends of the bridge... Fig. 6. Britannia Tubular Bridge. The girders were continuous over the four spans and entry to the cells was possible only at the ends of the bridge...
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See also in sourсe #XX -- [ Pg.101 , Pg.140 , Pg.162 ]



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