The very first bridges were made by nature itself‚ as simple as a log fallen across a stream or stones in the river. The first bridges made by humans were probably spans of cut wooden logs or planks and eventually stones‚ using a simple support and crossbeam arrangement. Some early Americans used trees or bamboo poles to cross small caverns or wells to get from one place to another. A common form of lashing sticks‚ logs‚ and branches together involved the use of long reeds or other harvested fibers
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PAPER BRIDGE COMPETITION (GROUP PROJECT) OBJECTIVES: To construct a free span paper bridge that is capable of supporting a number of weights. The best score is achieved by total weight supported. SPESIFICATIONS: The bridge must be constructed from only paper and tape. Standard 4 pieces A4 paper size up to 80 GSM only can be used. The bridge span must be the A4 paper width. Glue can be used to join the members; for example‚ along the seam of a tubular member or at a point where two or
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------------------------------------------------- Brooklyn Bridge This essay introduces the Brooklyn Bridge. The Bridge is located in America over the East river; the nearest city to the bridge is New York and Manhattan‚ Brooklyn. After 60 years of political‚ financial and technical discussions to start the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge it was approved. The Bill to start construction was signed in 1869 by the New York Bridge company president‚ Ulysses S Grant. The cost of the original
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The trestle bridge is built with lateral and angled bracing‚ and horizontal and vertical reinforcements; to ensure the bridge can bear maximum weight. The base of the bridge is simply constructed with lateral bracing which is connected by horizontal panels that are connected to a horizontal‚ upright‚ panel on either side. Although‚ engineers rarely place lateral bracing on the base‚ it provides for extra stability. Moreover‚ the base also has upright and angled Popsicle sticks connected to the lateral
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succeeding in society. In a new culture‚ people become dependent on those around them more fluent in the new society’s ways and lose their connection to the humans around them who seem too challenging to comprehend. The excerpt from the novel Monkey Bridge by Lan Cao exposes readers to this world through the eyes of a girl from Saigon who must help her mother orient herself to American life. In the excerpt‚ the girl describes the contrasts between her mother’s great shopping abilities in the open markets
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I started going to the Bridge‚ on August for summer classes. My first day at the Bridge International school was wonderful. When I arrived at the Bridge International School‚ I did not know what to expect‚ but my first day was amazing. I saw some old friends that I was schooling in the same school with‚ before the Bridge. I made new friends who were kind‚ funny and interesting. I did not know people at the Bridge International School would be that nice. I found some subjects hard‚ because I
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April Suspension Bridges A suspension bridge is a bridge with overhead cables supporting its roadway. The first suspension bridges were made by the primitive people using vines as cables and they would mount the roadway directly on the cable. Then in the 4th century a much stronger type was introduced in India. They used plaited bamboo cables and then iron chain to suspend the road. In the 18th century engineers encountered many problems with the stability of the bridge. The bridge would always rock
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Renaming of the bridge In an effort to honor indigenous Bahamian heroes‚ the government of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas made a decision to rename the bridge after Sir Sidney Poitier at its cabinet meeting held on October 9th‚ 2012. An official statement was made by Charles Carter and Nicolette Bethel both co-chairs of the independence committee‚ on October 10th‚ 2012‚ coming out of the official statement the public began to express their opinion for or against on the renaming of the bridge. Confusion
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Mendez v. Westminster (1946) was a case enacted by‚ “Gonzalo Mendez‚ William Guzman‚ Frank Palomino‚ Thomas Estrada‚ and Lorenzo Ramirez” who “filed suit on behalf of their fifteen…children and five thousand other minor children of ‘Mexican and Latin descent’” (Valencia‚ 2010‚ p.23). They sued Westminster school district because they were denying their children the right to enter schools near their home. The school was in California and was predominantly White and did not allow any Mexican American
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RUBY BRIDGES Have you had a passion so strong‚ that it just needed to be let out? Something that you felt the world needed to know? That’s Ruby Bridges‚ one of the first African-American girl to go to an integrated public school in Louisiana. She felt apprehensive‚ scared and clueless all at the same time. If you were in her situation‚ what would you feel or do? Ruby Bridges was an important figure in shaping the modern day America‚ and in doing so showed all of us kids what it really means to
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