Iron Making and Bridge Building

Synopsis: Strong materials are required to make bridges, and wood or stone were replaced by iron as large blast furnaces came along. The superior tensile properties of iron allowed bridge builders to use new designs, including the now familiar suspension bridges and box section bridges. Discusses the technology of cast and wrought iron manufacture and explains how bridge builders used these materials.
Series: Technology and Change, C1750-1914, Course A281
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min.
Year of production: 1984
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION
Uses: 1st year engineers.*
Subjects: Technology
Keywords: bridges; cast iron; iron

Producer

Writer

Cast

Colin Chant
Neil Cossons

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