This page has not been updated for many years but still contains interesting information about the Rehab during the winter 1999-2000

Monthly Bridge Newsletter
Friday, December 10


Past Pictures

Listen to the
crane's story



September 9, 99
October 10, 99

Nova Bridge Page

CLARK BRIDGE - ALTON, ILLINOIS 

Golden Gate Bridge

Bridge Engineering Home Page

The Great Wabasha Street Bridge

Godden Structural Engineering Slide Library

On Saturday, the bridge was jacked up about a foot so that workers could attach the newly hung cables to the bridge deck. Above, workers make sure cars can pass over the slightly lifted bridge while below, workers set shims as they jack the bridge up. Only one end of the bridge is done at a time.

 


Check out the first Internet Sheave Show


A treasure chest of some of the best sheave sites on the web
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Size Counts
UV-7.4 Universal Swivel Sheave.
Belt Sheave Laser Alignment Tool
Build your own sheave
sheave software
a French sheave
The At Sea Glossery entry
US department of Energy Definition
Page 1406 of Websters Revised Unabridged Dictionary from 1913
Accessorize your sheave
The Thyssen Dover Vocabulary of Elevator Terms: see
Compounding Sheave

Operating Engineer Dene operates one of the two giant cranes that tower over the bridge. Operating Engineer Kitty maintains it.
 

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