@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 1 year agoLog bridge for a train, Oregon, USA, 1905imagemessage-square10arrow-up1269arrow-down11
arrow-up1268arrow-down1imageLog bridge for a train, Oregon, USA, 1905@PugJesusM to HistoryPornEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square10
minus-square@BillThePlatypuslinkEnglish7•1 year agoThere’s an engineering saying: “Any idiot can build a bridge that holds a load. An engineer can build a bridge that barely carries a load.” It looks like they overbuilt the bridge to compensate for lack of solid engineering.
There’s an engineering saying: “Any idiot can build a bridge that holds a load. An engineer can build a bridge that barely carries a load.” It looks like they overbuilt the bridge to compensate for lack of solid engineering.