Cool to see how much engineering relied on intuition and improvisation before modern tools existed. These methods look primitive now, but they worked because people understood materials so well. Makes me wonder how much of that hands-on knowledge we’re losing today.
The article lists a "Snake Bridge on the Macclesfield Canal". Here's a spiral bridge on that canal, but not the same one:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Spiral+Bridge/@53.2849203,...
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Spiral+Bridge/@53.2850202,...
Cool to see how much engineering relied on intuition and improvisation before modern tools existed. These methods look primitive now, but they worked because people understood materials so well. Makes me wonder how much of that hands-on knowledge we’re losing today.
Fascinating! I would buy this in a "coffee table" style book.