| Show I Romans Classed Greatest Ancient Bridge Bride Builders I i The Romans were the greatest great st stI bridge builders of ancient times I I Although bridges spring from the demands of commerce Romans I built them for conquest And when their empire fell so did the science I of bridge building j War revived that science on a aI I grand scale too says a writer Titer in inI inthe inthe I the Washington Post Napoleon may command respect or condemnation as a military seeker glory-seeker but he heI I needed bridges in his business So bridges were built Yet some spans came between i the Romans and Napoleon For in in- instance inI instance stance there was the old stone London Lon Lon- London LonI I don bridge Its distinguishing fea fea- feature feature I ture was the houses and shops I i bordering its roadway These were I of wood regularly burned down I with terrible loss of life and were just as regularly re Railroads coming along in the i took up where Napoleon left off Then came the first iron all I I bridge Scottish engineers devel devel- developed d developed vel- vel this type with a span In Glas- Glas Glasgow i gow in 1841 18 tl and a mistake of Scot Scot- Scottish Scottish tish engineers signaled the passing of large iron bridges The mistake 1 was in not allowing for the force of wind in throwing up the Tay bridge In 1879 two years after its completion the cross cross- crossing crossing crossing ing was swept away in a storm A train on the bridge was hurled into the river carrying about people to their deaths |
