A Moment In Time, 150 Years Later — Old Structures Engineering

That’s the West Main Street bridge in Clinton, New Jersey, spanning the south branch of the Raritan River. Clinton* is in western Jersey, due west of New York City and about two-thirds of the way form NYC to Allentown, Pennsylvania. The Raritan River takes a somewhat circuitous path before joining New York Bay at Perth […]

A Moment In Time, 150 Years Later — Old Structures Engineering

There’s Always A Logical Reason — Old Structures Engineering

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Sometimes we don’t agree with that reason or it’s obsolete, but people never do things for no reason. It can be difficult to understand some old structures, particularly if they have been demolished for a century or more, but the starting point that they made sense to someone when they were built helps. The 1901…

There’s Always A Logical Reason — Old Structures Engineering