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Today [December 1944) there are few canals working. Many are out of action because the
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On page 165 of JH Joiner's book, 'One More River to Cross', (see above), there is a picture of 'a railway viaduct...' in Italy; indeed, just below it, there is also a section called 'Bailey
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This is a very risky way of testing and do not coinside with the ref. Given that all pieces are made 1 mm too long. After 10 pieces the error is 1cm and a new piece will not fit with an old from early production. The only way to control such production is to test all new elements against the one
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I've only just seen your question, but in the 2013 version of this article, in para 1 of the 'Design' section it states: "Each individual part could be carried by a small number of men". Para 2 is a bit more specific; it says that each component '...can be lifted by six men'. As an ex- Royal
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I saw a pic in Bush's 2007 Supplemental Budget request of 7 men moving a panel and wondered how heavy they were. My hunch is 3-4 men could carry the weight if put up on their shoulders, but I can't find the weight so I was wondering if someone could post it.
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why is there no mentioning of the german origin of this type of bridge? bailey was only improving or adapting this german design. seems important to me to mention this in the history section.
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using two quadruple/single girders spaced at rail distance and 10 x 5in sleepers at 2 1/2 centres for the decking".
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