anyone outthere built an ho scale bridge abutment out of wood? what size wood would i use. thanks (the sicilian@frontiernet.net)
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I'm speaking of larger bridges there. For smaller spans ... see this link . . Timber Abutments
Example from that link:
"The Timber-Sill abutment should not be more then 3-feet high. It can be used to support spans up to 25-feet long."
The Timber-bent abutment .. not to exceed 6 ft in height and can be used w/spans up to 30 ft
.. there is more on a Timber-pile abutment which can be up to 10 ft high
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Bridge abutments were made from stone or masonry as far as I can determine from at least the turn of the century. There were timber abutments used .. I found reference to such in "An elementary course of civil engineering: for the use of cadets of the United States Military Academy" - 1871.anyone outthere built an ho scale bridge abutment out of wood? what size wood would i use. thanks (the sicilian@frontiernet.net)
I'm speaking of larger bridges there. For smaller spans ... see this link . . Timber Abutments
Example from that link:
"The Timber-Sill abutment should not be more then 3-feet high. It can be used to support spans up to 25-feet long."
The Timber-bent abutment .. not to exceed 6 ft in height and can be used w/spans up to 30 ft
.. there is more on a Timber-pile abutment which can be up to 10 ft high
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