Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Historic Bridges in New Zealand: Five Case Studies
- In
- Sixth National Conference on Engineering Heritage, 1992, Hobart 5-7 October 1992: Preprints of Papers
- Imprint
- Institution of Engineers, Australia, Tasmania Division, Hobart, Tasmania, 1992, pp. 121-126
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0858255677
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.424980215670191
- Abstract
The many fast flowing rivers in New Zealand have presented challenges to the early engineers. Bridging of these was one of the colony's most pressing needs in early communications, but usually hampered by shortage of money. Prevailing bridge types are discussed such as simple beam, trestle, truss, masonry arch and suspension; also the use of reinforced concrete. The predominant material last century was timber, in spite of its limitations. The five case studies of the main forms are examples that have been assessed, researched, preserved and presented to the public as nationally significant historic structures. Today there is increasing cooperation between the Engineering Heritage Committee of the Institution of Professional Engineers of New Zealand and the New Zealand Historic Places Trust with some mutual representation.
Related Published resources
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- Sixth National Conference on Engineering Heritage, 1992, Hobart 5-7 October 1992: Preprints of Papers (Hobart, Tasmania: Institution of Engineers, Australia, Tasmania Division, 1992), 140 pp. https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.0858255677. Details