Abstract
"The subject of this treatise is the cost of a structure, which is to take the place of the Beaver Bridge.
This bridge is located on the St. L and San F. Rwy., four miles southwest of Rolla and it spans a deep valley nearly a 1000 ft. in width in the bottom of which runs a small stream The course of roadway over the bridge is N. 24 1/2 E.
The old wooden Howe Truss bridge, being no longer considered perfectly safe, on account of its age, measure was taken to supply its place with some new structure that, with the least expenditure, would carry the road safely over the valley. Now the question before us is this: whether in this case it will cost more to build an Iron Truss bridge, or to construct an embankment, using as the former the peers of the old bridge"--page 2.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Degree Name
Professional Degree in Civil Engineering
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1879
Pagination
24 pages
Geographic Coverage
Phelps County, Missouri
Rights
© 1879 R. C. Hoyer, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Bridges, Iron and steel -- Design and construction
Embankments -- Design and construction
Thesis Number
T 93
Print OCLC #
5923020
Electronic OCLC #
264802001
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Hoyer, Rudolph C., "The cost of a structure which is to take the place of the Beaver Bridge" (1879). Professional Degree Theses. 12.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/professional_theses/12
Comments
R. C. Hoyer determined to be Rudolph C. Hoyer from "1874-1999 MSM-UMR Alumni Directory".
Holograph [Handwritten and illustrated in entirety by author].
Download includes a transcription of this handwritten thesis.