Re: Over Troubled Water, photo of the west side
| November 13, 2018 04:16PM |
elecuyer Wrote:
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> There are battering piles on the west side of the
> bridge. (The photo Stewart provided is of the east
> side.) The highest we have ever observed the brook
> had the water level about where the piles emerge
> from the ground.
>
> The entire design was drawn up by one of the most
> prominent bridge engineering and inspection
> engineers in New England. It is very rugged, and
> (if properly maintained) will easily survive a
> disaster-level flood.
View of the west side, note the guard pile in front of the support cluster.
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> There are battering piles on the west side of the
> bridge. (The photo Stewart provided is of the east
> side.) The highest we have ever observed the brook
> had the water level about where the piles emerge
> from the ground.
>
> The entire design was drawn up by one of the most
> prominent bridge engineering and inspection
> engineers in New England. It is very rugged, and
> (if properly maintained) will easily survive a
> disaster-level flood.
View of the west side, note the guard pile in front of the support cluster.
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