| Hays
Street Bridge Hot Rivet Repair Part 1 Removal Technique Repair of the 1881 wrought-iron floor beams on the Hays Street
Bridge in San Antonio, Texas, by hot riveting. This is the first
part, which shows the removal of the rivets. The oxygen cutting
method was chosen for both removal of the rivet head and blowing
out the core of the rivet shank. Cold-shearing and driving was
found to be more time consuming and damaged some of the historic
material.
Engineer: Sparks Engineering
http://www.sparksengineering.com/
Contractor: Jay-Reese Contractors, Inc.
http://www.jayreese.net/
Rivet team: Guillermo "Memo" Gonzales and Jacob Loza
Riveting Consultant: Vern Mesler
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