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Re: Going about building a Medieval Bridge...
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Date: 
Thu, 27 Jan 2000 21:07:44 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > In lugnet.castle, Jeff Johnston writes:
> > > In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley writes:
> > > > 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.
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> 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 Londoners got tired of people burning their
> bridge or threatening to burn it.
> 
> J

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



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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 (...) (27 years ago, 27-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)

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