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21East Kent Light Railway — The East Kent Light Railway was part of the Colonel Stephens group of cheaply built rural light railways in England. Holman Fred Stephens was engineer from its inception, subsequently becoming director and manager. The line ran from Shepherdswell …
22structural system — In building construction, the particular method of assembling and constructing structural elements of a building so that they support and transmit applied loads safely to the ground without exceeding the allowable stresses in the members. Basic… …
23Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof — db station name=Frankfurt (Main) Hbf logo= state=Hesse locale=Frankfurt borough=Gallus street=Am Hauptbahnhof code=1866 ibnr=00105 ds100=FF type=Bf category=1 platforms=33 start=1888 exits=127.8 million years1=1956 events1=Electrified years2=1978 …
24Ilfracombe Branch Line — The Ilfracombe Branch of the London South Western Railway (LSWR), ran between Barnstaple and Ilfracombe in North Devon. The branch opened as a single track line in 1874, but was sufficiently popular that it needed to be upgraded to double track… …
25Alec Merrison — Alexander Walter Merrison, was a British physicist born in Wood Green, London on 20 March 1924, initially attended Tottenham Grammar School and subsequently Enfield Grammar School, before going on to King s College London (which had been… …
26Meghna Bridge — Official name Japan Bangladesh Friendship Bridge 1 Carries Motor vehicles and pedestrians Crosses …
27girt — 1. noun /ɡɜː(ɹ)t/ A horizontal structural member of post and beam architecture, typically attached to bridge two or more vertical members such as corner posts. See Also: girder 2. verb /ɡɜː(ɹ)t/ a) To gird …
28bridge — bridge1 bridgeable, adj. bridgeless, adj. bridgelike, adj. /brij/, n., v., bridged, bridging, adj. n. 1. a structure spanning and providing passage over a river, chasm, road, or the like. 2. a connecting, transitional, or intermediate route or… …
29Ostap "Joe" Bender — (May 1, 1925 December 25, 2008) was an innovative and creative noted American civil engineer. He was recognized with industry and government awards for his bold and imaginative approach to bridge engineering design in the advancement of the art… …
30Steel plate shear wall — A steel plate shear wall (SPSW) consists of steel infill plates bounded by a column beam system. Overview When these infill plates occupy each level within a framed bay of a structure, they constitute an SPSW [Kharrazi, M.H.K., 2005, “Rational… …
