Abstract

Part 1.VICTORIA TUBULAR BRIDGE, PREPARATION TO 1857 (~17 min):Social, National, Technical Factors; Railroad Vibrations – Bridge Problems; Site of Bridge above the Port (Kieffer/s); Survey, Pier markers Through Winter Ice Piers, Prows Constructed to Resist the Ice

Part 2.VICTORIA BRIDGE, WROUGHT IRON 1856-1859 (~22 min): Ductile Forged Iron, Plentiful British Mills ; Fairbairn/Stephenson Riveted Tube; Brittania Tubular 140m Spans 1850; Canada Few Mills, Prefabricated Britain Victoria Single Track Opened 1859

Part 3. VICTORIA TUBULAR TUBE CONSTRUCTION 1859(~17 mins): Grand Trunk RailRoad: Portland ME to Toronto; Box girder, ship plate–rib structure, riveted; 24 spans 75m + center 100m (trains only in box); Wrought Iron punched components from Britain; Flowering of Montreal society & industry

Part 4. VICTORIA STEEL TRUSS, DOUBLE TRACK 1898(~12 mins):
Truss Design Perfected, Riveted Beams; Steel Replaced Forged Iron, No Mills Canada; Double Track Truss Built Around Tube; Roadways (Outside Truss) a First 1898 Twice Weight, Four Times Capacity

Part 5. VICTORIA SPUR LIFT-SPANS OVER SEAWAY 1958 (~14 mins: Twin Lift Spans at Ends St. Lambert Lock; Switch and Spur Introduced into Bridge; Traffic Runs on Under–track Girders; Spur Truss of Rolled Beams, Welded Road on Fly-over, Canal Banks

Part 6. Overview of Video Lectures