Engineering Wonders of the World
Volume I
Forfatter: Archibald Williams
År: 1945
Serie: Engineering Wonders of the World
Forlag: Thomas Nelson and Sons
Sted: London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York
Sider: 456
UDK: 600 eng - gl.
Volume I with 520 Illustrations, Maps and Diagrams
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THE GREAT ZAMBESI BRIDGE.
101
vision for enabling the painters to get at
every part of the steelwork easily, and avoid
water-holding and unventilated areas. Rust
is one of the deadliest enemies of those who
have to deal with steel construction, and if
not carefully combated may nullify the finest
work.
Now that the bridge is up the critics have
been silenced. So far from detracting from
the picturesqueness of the scenery, the great
parabolic arch serves rather as a standard
measured by which the immensity of the
chasm comes home to the spectator, who,
while admiring the natural features of the
great gorge, wonders at the scientific skill that
has made a secure path for the locomotive as
far above the boiling waters as the cross of
St. Paul’s is above the busy pavement.
Note.—Some of the illustrations to this article
were kindly supplied by the British
South Africa Company.
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