Trestle Construction a 2 part question
| February 29, 2012 08:34PM |
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1) On wooden trestle structures such as the one I am posting a photo of where the bents (upright pieces) sit on mud sills: what was/is done on ones that are very tall to splice the bents, or was the practical height the maximum length of bents that could be procured? I know I have seen a photo of a train load of coastal fir piles around 120' long, so I assume this is near the maximum length of bents that could typically be had or at least practically moved to a site?
2) Anyone like to guess the location of this trestle?
2) Anyone like to guess the location of this trestle?
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J.B.Bane | February 29, 2012 08:34PM |
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cdaspit | February 29, 2012 09:05PM |
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dougvv | March 01, 2012 01:18AM |
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South Park | March 01, 2012 02:05AM |
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Charlie Mutschler | March 01, 2012 08:02AM |
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Steve Thompson | March 01, 2012 09:04AM |
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J.B.Bane | March 01, 2012 10:21AM |
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sjh7 | March 01, 2012 11:10AM |
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Jim Grigsby | March 03, 2012 05:52PM |
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