Published Resources Details
Conference Paper
- Title
- Early Suspension Bridges in New Zealand
- In
- Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings
- Imprint
- Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, 2000, pp. 223-229
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0980960352
- Url
- https://search.informit.org/doi/10.3316/informit.911116009731823
- Abstract
The period covered is from 1840-1939. Many suspension bridges were built for foot, horse, and sheep traffic, as well as others for light wheeled vehicles. Economy dictated this form, especially in rural areas, to meet the needs of settlers and gold miners. Fast flowing rivers and also deep gorges required single spans with no mid-stream piers to be washed out by frequent floods. By the late nineteenth century the multiple rope (cable stayed) bridge was in favour. Timber construction predominated last century, followed by stone, steel, and concrete for towers. The epitome of fine design was in the all-steel suspension bridge of the 1930s.
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- Second Australasian Conference on Engineering Heritage, Auckland, 14-16 February, 2000: Proceedings edited by Lowe, P. G.; Hill, R .F. (Auckland, New Zealand: Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, 2000), 248 pp, https://search.informit.org/doi/book/10.3316/informit.0980960352. Details