Kanaalwerken in Gorinchem, southern part. Merwedesluis Description: Inner lock head with the double bascule bridge. Point of view: north of the inner lock head, above the canal Annotation: The double bascule bridge spans the lock width = 12, - M. Length of each of the basculliggers = 11, - M. Length of each of the fixed bridges = M. Total length of the bridge = M. Width of the deck = 4, - M. Width between handrails = 5,50 M. Height of the two main girders of the bascule in the middle = 0,71 M, at the front end = 0,41 M, at the rear end = 0,42 M, height of the three middle main beam
Kanaalwerken in Gorinchem, southern part. Merwedesluis Description: Inner lock head with the double bascule bridge. Point of view: north of the inner lock head, above the canal Annotation: The double bascule bridge spans the lock width = 12, - M. Length of each of the basculliggers = 11, - M. Length of each of the fixed bridges = M. Total length of the bridge = M. Width of the deck = 4, - M. Width between handrails = 5,50 M. Height of the two main girders of the bascule in the middle = 0,71 M, at the front end = 0,41 M, at the rear end = 0,42 M, height of the three middle main beams of the bascule in the middle = 0,56 M, at the front end = 0,26 M, at the rear end = 0,42 M M. Height of fixed bridges = 0,26 to 0,30 M. The bridge has been tested at a load of 400 KG per M2. Largest deflection of bascules 16 mM. Each bascule is rotated by a man in min., and min. On the bridge is processed including spindle, moving tools, etc. Rolled iron = 42238 KG. Forged iron = 5572 KG. Cast iron = 44794 KG. Steel = 2082 KG. Metal = 364 kg, wood 14,399 M3 = 12000 KG. Together 107050 KG. Each deck bascule weighs = 21716 KG. The counterweight for each bascule weighs = 10476 KG. Date: 16 September 1891 Location: Gorinchem, Gorinchem, Zuid-Holland, Zuid-Holland Keywords: bascule bridges, canal works, locks, hydraulic engineering, work traces
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