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I have been considering making some sort of bridge as my next project. My problem is I don't really know how to go about creating a Medieval Bridge. So here are a few questions that if you could help me it would be much appreciated. 1. What should a (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) How big is your city? Is the bridge the only way in? If so, then it needs to be big and pretty permanant (stone). If it's just a minor way, a backway for example, the bridge doesn't need to be huge and should be probably made of stone and (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Eric Kingsley wrote in message ... (...) So (...) For a city, stone. You could check out that bridge in Sarajevo which survived most of the war (that had survived from Medieval times). I think there are other medieval bridges in european cities. (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) Stone or wood both work. (...) Stone would most likely be open. Without linear structural supports (beams) it would need to have a fair number of arches and footings depending on its length. Wooden could be covered or not. Stamford Bridge was (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I've been looking on the 'net for some details...I haven't yet found a picture of the famous "London Bridge" but that might be an interesting one for you to think about. (...) If it's the main entrance...D! The real medieval London Bridge (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) That's the one medieval bridge that I have actually seen in person (it is, rather obscenely, in Lake Havasu, Arizona). Quite wide, lots of arches. Bruce (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The LB in Lake Havasau, AZ was actually built in the 1700s, a bit late for medieval era. The medieval London Bridge was made of wood, which personally boggles me as the Thames is a nice wide river. The stone bridge was built after the (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) The correct answer is yes. :) More seriously, it depends on the function, as I'm sure you've gathered from the other posts on this thread. There is no "typical" bridge I can point to, but I can offer some suggestions. A stone bridge will be (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) "London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down..." Sound familiar? Little historic nursery rhyme reference for you. -Phil (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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(...) I thought you were refering to the stone one since the wooden ones are long gone (?). You are correct, the actual stone one was a later-than-medieval replacement. Oops. Bruce (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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Hi Eric, I don't know too much about lego bridges, but I have seen a couple of bridges in my (short) life ;-) I don't know if they were medieval or not, but heck, it's worth a shot... (They were all in Israel, maybe Crusaders era?) All of these (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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