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Title:

Covered bridges and the birth of American engineering

Authors:

executive editors, Justine Christianson, Christopher H. Marston ; authors, James Barker [and seven others]

Published:

2015

Washington, D.C.

U.S. Department of the Interior. National Park Service

Type:

Online document

1 PDF (246 pages)

Online Access:

https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo64533

Access Note:

72.8 MB

Summary

"The book represents the culmination of research under the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)-sponsored National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation (NHCBP) Program. HAER and the FHWA's Office of Infrastructure Research and Development have maintained a joint research and technology program for historic covered bridges since 2002. This partnership has also included a variety of initiatives including documentation, engineering studies, National Historic Landmark designations, conferences, and a traveling exhibition. This book examines the development of wood trusses and covered bridge construction, profiles the pioneering craftsmen and engineers involved, explores the function of trusses in covered bridges, and looks at the preservation and future of these distinctly American bridges."--Park Service website

Publ. Place

Washington, D.C.

Contents

Introduction and acknowledgments / Justine Christianson and Christopher H. Marston --
Portfolio of covered bridge trusses recorded by the Historic American Engineering Record / edited by Christopher H. Marston --
HAER and the documentation of covered bridges / Richard O'Connor --
Overview of the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program / Sheila Rimal Duwadi --
History of covered bridges in the United States / Lola Bennett --
Engineering design of covered bridges / Dario Gasparini, Rachel Sangree, and Jim Barker ; edited by David A. Simmons and Michael R. Harrison --
The development of the American truss / Dario Gasparini, Rachel Sangree, and Matthew Reckard ; edited by David A. Simmons --
Builders and practices / Joseph D. Conwill --
The preservation and future of covered bridges in the United States / Justine Christianson and Christopher H. Marston --
Appendix: Covered bridges documented by HABS/HAER

Notes

"This study is conducted under a joint agreement between the Federal Highway Administration-Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center, and the National Park Service-Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)."

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