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From: Larry McNeil (no email)
Date: Sat Apr 08 2006 - 22:42:38 EDT
Wayne - the non-text portions of the message - IE the picture! Were
removed by the yahoo server!! You have the original website
address? It would be good to see - sounds impressive!!
--- In , Wayne Laurents <laurents at dot dot dot >
wrote:
>
> *WATER BRIDGE .. OVER A RIVER!!! *
>
> >>
> >> Unbelievable!!!!!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Even after you see it, it is still hard to believe !
> >>
> >> Water Bridge in Germany.... What a feat!
> >>
> >> Six years, 500 million euros, 918 meters long.......now this is
> >> engineering!
> >>
> >> This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the
former
> >> East and West Germany, as part of the unification project. It
is
> >> located in the city of Magdeburg, near Berlin. The photo was
taken on
> >> the day of inauguration.
> >>
> >> To those who appreciate engineering projects, here's a puzzle
for you
> >> armchair engineers and physicists. Did that bridge have to be
> >> designed to withstand the additional weight of ship and barge
> >> traffic, or just the weight of the water?
> >>
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