“BROOKLYN BRIDGE” The Brooklyn Bridge’s construction is one of the great achievements in United States history and helped pave the way for New York City’s rapid expansion in the 19th and 20th centuries. It was an undertaking that required extraordinary effort‚ sacrifice and ingenuity by its designers as well as its builders to complete. Its completion was a feat of engineering that was unmatched in its time: it was the longest suspension bridge – the first to use steel-wire – and dominated the New
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railway bridges because it made good use of iron. The Pratt has many variations‚ most with their own unique name. For instance‚ the Baltimore‚ Pennsylvania‚ and the Parker are all based off the Pratt. Pratt Truss How the forces are spread out Here are two diagrams showing how the forces are spread out when the Pratt Truss is under a load. The first shows the load being applied across the entire top of the bridge. The second shows a localized load in the center of the bridge. In both
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The Bridge: Synopsis In 1970‚ Antonello is 22 years old and recently married. He has been working on the Westgate Bridge for almost 2 years and loves his job. Like many of his workmates‚ Antonello is proud of the bridge. He believes it is going to be more spectacular than the Sydney Harbour Bridge‚ that it is going to bring the city together and that they‚ the bridge builders‚ will be remembered for years to come. On the 15th October 1970 the Westgate Bridge collapses during construction and thirty-five
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decided to trespass on to California’s highest bridge‚ and take a selfie. In the process of taking a selfie‚ the unidentified woman accidentally fell sixty feet of the Foresthill Bridge‚ landing on a trail below. Paul Goncharuk‚ a friend says “they we’re taking a picture on the bridge‚ and then the big bolts that are holding the beams together‚ she stepped on them kind of weirdly and lost balance and fell backwards”. The Foresthill bridge is the highest bridge in the state of California‚ and measures to
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creators to engage their audiences - and did they succeed? Bridge to Terabithia: The novel‚ Bridge to Terabithia‚ written by Katherine Paterson (1977) is an intriguing story about friendship. Paterson’s novel is about two children who together use each other’s strength to overcome each of their own weaknesses. Paterson’s uses a range of techniques to engage her audience‚ this including the setting‚ language‚ characters and themes. Bridge to Terabithia is an outstanding novel‚ most suited for children
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3. In what way(s) does The Magpie Bridge contribute to the development of intercultural understanding? Having you ever had a try of the pig’s blood cake? It is a famous steamed snack in Taiwan that made of pork blood and sticky rice‚ sold on a wooden stick and eaten like an ice cream. Being popular among the Chinese society for its chewy texture and unique aroma‚ it is‚ however‚ selected the first place of the ten world’s most unusual foods by the renowned travel website VirtualTourist.com in England
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30th of 1986‚ David Lee Lewis had broken into the Lufkin home of Myrtle Ruby in attempt to steal guns that were inside of her home. The unsuspecting victim was fatally shot with a .22-caliber rifle after returning home from choir practice at her church. David Lee Lewis claims that he was under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the shooting. He also claims that he did not intentionally aim the gun at Mrs. Ruby‚ but aimed it in the general direction due to being startled by Mrs. Ruby’s’
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Bridge to Terabithia In most novels involving children‚ the endings are clear-cut happy endings with the children learning a valuable life lesson in the process of their adventures. An exception to this is Katherine Paterson’s Bridge to Terabithia. Though the valuable life lesson is still present in the story‚ its acquisition comes at a terrible price‚ effectively breaking the myth that life will always work out happily. Katherine Paterson is said to have written this novel based on something
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The plays we perform often display a frightening view of who we are. How are playwrights able to do this in Ruby Moon and Stolen? The frightening view of who we are is explored by Matt Cameron’s Ruby Moon and Jane Harrison’s Stolen‚ where the contemporary Australian theatrical practice is used to explore dark issues. The play Ruby Moon is a response to the current epidemic within Australian society; the fear of losing a child‚ and is concerned with life in suburbia‚ and Stolen by Jane Harrison
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What factors affect the bending of bridges? Abstract: This experiment was designed and conducted to find out how different factors affect the amount of bending of the beam. The two variables that were tested were the amounts of weight and the position of the weight on the plank. Aim: To find out how weight and different placements of the weight affect the bending of the beam. Hypothesis: It is predicted that the wood will bend more if there is more weight on it. When the weight is positioned
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