36806
Title Of Article Chaper
A history of the use of timber in South Australian road bridge building
Title Of Journal Book
Journal of the Institute of Wood Science
Volume
6
Issue
4
Pages
160-169
Collation
10 refs., 3 plates
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Serial
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
A historical account is given of some of the problems encountered in bridge building, namely flooding, rotting, attack by insects, fire and timber shrinkage, and the species of wood and types of construction selected to overcome the problems. -- AATA
pub_id
36806