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Bridging

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• Bond, Capt.P.S., Corps of Engineers. "The Ralston Trestle for Bridge Equipage," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.I, No.3 (July-September 1909); 11 pages, 6 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6154}
• Earle, Lieut.Joseph H., Corps of Engineers. "Timber for Ponton Material," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.III, No.11 (July-September 1911); 7 pages, 3 charts Price 1.00 {Item No.6174} [Includes: Materiel, Specimens, Testing, Results, Conclusions]
• Edgerton, Captain Glen Edgar. "Wooden and Combination Highway Bridges," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.VII, No.34 (July-August 1915); 36 pages, 18 illus. Price 3.50 {Item No.6221} [Includes: Introduction, Design: Substructures, Superstructures. Construction, Costs] [Good technical article on prefabricated light wooden truss bridges]
• Godfrey, Col.S.C., Engineer, U.S.Army."Bridging the Rhine with German Ponton Equipage," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 10 pages, 5 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6322}
• Sturdevant, Lieut.C.L., Corps of Engineers. "A Military Suspension Bridge," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.III, No.11 (July-September 1911); 3 pages, 1 illus. Price .50 {Item No.6176} [A 100 foot bridge, constructed during drill by one Engineer Company, a strong bridge (they loaded 104 men at once on it to test it.]
• Mahan, D.H.."Military Communications,"A Treatise on Field Fortification (1848), Chapter XII; 26 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.20896} [Including: General observations on water course, & c., Reconnaissance of the locality for a bridge, Floating military bridges, General observations on boat bridges, Construction of the Bateau bridge, Operation in breaking up the Bateau bridge, Bridges constructed with ordinary boats, Construction of raft bridges, Flying bridges, Trestle bridges, Temporary bridges, Fords, Passages on ice, Preservation and destruction of bridges, Passage of rivers]
• McDonough, Major M.J. and Major P.S.Bond, Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army. "Use and Development of the Ponton Equipage in the United States Army, with Special Reference to the Civil War," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.VI, No.30 (November-December 1914); 67 pages, 4 illus. Price 7.00 {Item No.6216} [Includes: Introduction, The West Point experiments, Operations in Virginia, Peninsula campaign, Antietam campaign, Fredericksburg campaign, Chancellorsville campaign, Gettysburg campaign, Operations in the west, Chickamauga campaign, Chattanooga campaign, Atlanta campaign, Savannah campaign, Campaign in the Carolinas, Grant's campaign of 1864, Franklin-Nashville campaign, The capacity of the equipage, The ponton as a ferry or individual craft, Mobility, The future of equipage, Conclusion]
• Pope, Capt.F.A., Corps of Engineers. "Timber for Ponton Material," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers Vol.III, No.12 (October-December 1911); 10 pages, 3 charts and tables Price 1.00 {Item No.6180}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Field,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 23 pages, plus 18 plates illus. Price 5.00 {Item No.20285} [Includes all of the articles on Bridges in this publication]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Pontoon, Rafts, General Equipment, Ect.,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 9 pages, 6 plates of illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.20286} [Includes: General, Definitions, Detachments for pontoon carriages, To pack the carriage, Forming the bridge, Rafting out, The duties of raft detachments, To dismantle the bridge]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Boat,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 1 page, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20287}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Rope,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20288}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Boat and Rope,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20289}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Cask,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20290} [Bridge made out of barrels] [Includes various types of barrels]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Trestle,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20291}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Raft,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 1 page, 2 plates of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20292}[References: Laisne's 'Aide-Memorie', which we also have available]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Pile and Spar,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 3 pages, 2 plates of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20293}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Flying, Swing,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20294}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Flying, Trail,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 2 pages, 1 plate of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20295}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Bridge, Reconstruction of,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1853), Vol.1; 1 page, 2 plates of illus. Price .50 {Item No.20296}
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Passage of Rivers: I: Military Operations, and the Construction of Temporary Bridges,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 12 pages, 13 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.Item No.20434} [Includes: Introduction, Rules for ascertaining the width of a river, 1st without instruments, 2ndly, with a sextant, compass, or theodolite. Temporary bridges (added to the article "Bridge, field"): Large trees, Wheel carriages, Wicker bridge, Coracles or hide-boats, Inflated skins, Pile bridge, Temporary bridges of gun and mortar platforms: First a trussel lattice bridge, Secondly, a suspension bridge, Third a trestle bridge, Fourthly rafts, Vulcanized India-rubber pontoons]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Passage of Rivers: II: Permanent Bridges,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 20 pages, 17 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.Item No.20435} [Includes: Equilibrium, Thrust, Abutments, Piers, The Arch, Roadway, Treating of the foundations, for bridges, especially in Indian rivers, On the proper waterway for bridges, General considerations]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Passage of Rivers: III: Permanent Bridges,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 17 pages, 10 illus. plus 11 plates of illus. Price 3.00 {Item No.Item No.20436} [Includes: Stone bridges, Brick bridges, Wooden bridges, Iron bridges, Drawbridges, including Bascule, Swivel, Roller, and others. Suspension bridge, Iron Tubular bridges]
• Royal Engineers, Corps of."Pontoon,"Aide Memorie to the Military Sciences (1862), Vol.III; 3 pages, 2 illus. Price .50 {Item No.20443} [Floating bridge wooden and canvas pontoons]
• Skelly, Major J.W., Corps of Engineers."The Coblenz Ponton Bridge," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.XI (1919); 12 pages, 13 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6297}
• Flagler, Major C.A.F., Corps of Engineers. "Development and Tactics of Military Bridge Equipage," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.IV, No.15 (May-June 1912); 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6184} [A history of military floating bridges]
• Loving, Lieut.J.J., Corps of Engineers. "Handling our Ponton Equipage," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.IV, No.15 (May-June 1912); 12 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6185}
• Bond, Captain P.S.. "Some Experiments in the Use of Bamboo for Hasty Bridge Construction," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.V, No.23 (September-October 1913); 9 pages, 12 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6201} [Includes: Introduction, Physical characteristics of Bamboo, Types of Trestles, Tests of trestles and balk, Remarks, Strength tests]
• Dillon, Capt.T.H., Corps of Engineers. "Building a Ponton Bridge in Swift Water," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.V, No.24 (November-December 1913); 15 pages, 7 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6203} [Includes: Introduction, Order of instruction, River characteristics, Handling wooden boats, Anchors, Construction of bridges, Maintenance of bridges, Dismantling bridges, Equipment, Wooden vs. Steel boats, Training for bridge work]
• Pillbury, Major G.B., Corps of Engineers. "Deflection of Unstiffened Suspension Bridges," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers. Vol.V, No.24 (November-December 1913); 10 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6205} [Includes: Introduction, Curve of the cable under uniform loads, Deflections under a distributed load, Maximum deflections]
• Caples, Capt.W.G., Corps of Engineers. "Light Bridge Equipment," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineers, Vol.VI, No.26 (March-April 1914); 13 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.6210} [Includes: Austria, Germany, Denmark and Brazil, Other nations, Conclusions]
• Regimental Commander. "Bridge Training of a Battalion of Mounted Engineers," Professional Memoirs. Corps of Engineer, Vol.10 (1918); 9 pages, 4 illus. Price 1.00 {Item No.6263} [Including: Introduction, Frame trestle bridges, Suspension bridges, Queen-post bridges, Ponton bridges, Pile bridges]
• Division of Military Engineering of the International Congress of Engineers. "American Military Roads and Bridges," by Prof. P.S.Michie, U.S. Military Academy. Columbian Exposition (1894), XXXIa. ; 9 pages Price 1.00 {Item No.6133} [Includes: Military Roads, Railroads, Corduroy Roads, Military Bridges, Other Military Bridges]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Engineers in a River Crossing," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XXIV, Chapter 5. (July 1942); 20 pages, 6 illus. Price 2.00 {Item No.10213} [Especially on Assault Boat crossings]
• U.S.Army Infantry School. "Improvised Mats for Moving Vehicles Over Soft Terrain," Infantry School Mailing List, Vol. XXVI, Chapter 10. (July 1943); 13 pages, 8 illus. Price 1.50 {Item No.10241}
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."Engineers," Tactical and Technical Trends Vol.I., No.1, Section I, Part VI. (April 1942); 1 page  Price .50 {Item No.12506} [German Steel Invasion Bridges, Notes on British Bridge Construction, G-2 Comment]
• War Department. Military Intelligence Service."British Mobile Scissors-Bridge," Tactical and Technical Trends Issue No.15, No.7 (31 December 1942); 4 pages, 2 illus.  Price .50  {Item No.12791}
• War Department."Bridging,"War Dept.Doc.No.605 Field Service Pocket Book (1917), Chapter IVc; 23 pages, 17 illus.  Price 2.00  {Item No.22042} [Bridges: Selection of site, Kinds of bridges, Ponton bridges: Heavy equipage, Light equipage, Standard heavy bridge, Standard light bridge, Weight of troops, Transportation. Fixed bridges: Pile, Trestle, Spar, Suspension, Cribwork pier, Fastenings. Maintenance and care of bridges, Use of existing bridges, Landing piers, Bridging expedients, Cordage]
• War Department."Field Engineering Data,"FM 101-10  Staff Officers' Field Manual. Organization, Technical and Logistical Data (10 October 1943), Chapter 7; 12 pages, illus.  Price 2.00 {Item No.22099} [Including: Purpose, Roads and Bridges, Bridge and ferrying equipment: Distribution of floating equipment, Characteristics of ferrying equipment, Characteristics of floating bridge equipment, Fixed bridges, Water supply: Troop requirements, Capacity of water supply equipment, Equipment issued to troop units, Explosives, Field Fortifications: Priority of work, Camouflaging, Works, Obstacles, Road blocks and antimechanized measures: Road blocks, Continuous artificial obstacles, Antitank mine fields]

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