NEW STYLE OF MILITARY BRIDGE.
A WANGANUI INVENTION,
Mr Edgar Marchaut, C-E., Wanganui, who has enlisted for service, has invented a new style of military bridge, which he Intends placing before the Government and the military authorities. It is on the cantilever principle, but embodies an entirely new application of it, which qualified men here say they have never seen or heard of before. Its chief features are: It will give a 50 per cent, greater span than any other style of bridge-building ; it can be constructed without either nails, bolts, ropes, or any other fastening, and can be easily and rapidly put together. The bridge is also very strong, a two-feet model built of ordinary totara carrying a weight of fourteen stone without any appreciable movement. Experts consider that for military operations in which simplicity and rapidity of construction are essential it would be difficult to surpass Mr Marchant’s invention.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1482, 7 December 1915, Page 4
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151NEW STYLE OF MILITARY BRIDGE. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1482, 7 December 1915, Page 4
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