Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/07/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I went and looked at some pictures - amazing stuff.
What interests me in this, and what caught my eye in
Graham's picture (why I asked the date) is how well
structures from the early days of modular iron
construction (pre-steel) have held up, not just as
feats of engineering, but in the beauty of the design
esthetic. It looks very different from everything that
came afterward.
--- Lawrence Zeitlin <lrzeitlin@optonline.net> wrote:
>
> On Jul 10, 2007, at 6:30 AM, H. Ball Arche wrote:
>
> > 200 years? Not that big a deal.
> > Check out Pont du Gard:
> > http://tinyurl.com/3xqhnl
>
> Obviously the Romans were better engineers than the
> Brits.
>
> But given early 1800's technology, Thomas Telford
> was a pretty
> remarkable builder. Many of his structures are still
> in regular use
> today carrying modern traffic. A couple of blocks
> away from my house
> in Wales, the Telford constructed Menai Bridge spans
> the Menai
> Strait. The bridge was the world's first major
> suspension bridge and
> offered a land route from the port where the Irish
> ferries docked to
> England. The bridge was designed when horseback,
> wagons, and shoe
> leather were the major forms of transportation. It
> is still one of
> only two bridges crossing the Menai Strait and is in
> regular use for
> cars, trucks and town busses. I commuted to work
> over it every day.
> Most of Telford's old structures have outlasted
> their contemporary
> rivals.
>
> Sad to say, that may be true of photographic
> equipment too. They
> don't build them like they used to. Maybe if the
> Romans had invented
> photography we might still be using their concrete
> cameras. As it is,
> my favorite Leica is a mere 70 years old. My first
> digital Leica
> failed after three years.
>
> Larry Z
>
>
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