. Canadian engineer. nvey an idea ofstrength and stability. This in such a structure seemedto be at once the truest and highest art. We must admitthat the engineer was right. On the other hand, the viewof another artist, .Alfred Watcrhouse, \., is interesting. nation of Gothic architecture with a steel structure de-stroys the sense of fitness and robs the bridge of truebeauty by giving it an architectural of a by-goneage when such bridges could not have been erected. In many simple bridges constructed in Canada to-dayto open highways in inaccessible places, a note of sim-plicity
. Canadian engineer. nvey an idea ofstrength and stability. This in such a structure seemedto be at once the truest and highest art. We must admitthat the engineer was right. On the other hand, the viewof another artist, .Alfred Watcrhouse, \., is interesting. nation of Gothic architecture with a steel structure de-stroys the sense of fitness and robs the bridge of truebeauty by giving it an architectural of a by-goneage when such bridges could not have been erected. In many simple bridges constructed in Canada to-dayto open highways in inaccessible places, a note of sim-plicity has often been successfully struck. .As an exampleof this the suspension bridge over the Bulkley River atHagwillgate, , with the simple treatment of thesuspension piers is entirely satisfactory. An example of the most perfect collaboration of thearchitect and engineer appears, in the writers opinion, inthe Pont Alexandre bridge at Paris (illustrated on anotherpage). This is a three-hinge steel arch, and the whole. Example of a Masonry Structure where Careful Attention Has Been Given to the Architectural Details of the Design. Craig Goch Dam for Birmingham Water Supply. Writing to Sir John Fowler after the bridge was com-pleted, he said: The simple directness of purpose withwhich it does its work is splendid, and invests your vastmonument with a kind of beauty of its own, differingthough it certainly does from all other beautiful thingsI have seen. In the design of the Tower bridge there is a greatdeparture from those principles which -Sir Benjamin Bakeradvocated when discussing the design of the Forth site of this bridge, in close proximity to the Towerof London, influenced its design, and although the claimhas been made that this bridge expresses perfectly thecollaboration of the architect and engineer, one feels thatthe Gothic masonry is entirely out of place. The combi- structure is one of the most beautiful that has been builtat any time. It is the work of tw
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