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August 20, 2024, Michigan Department of Transportation Bureau of Bridges and Structures Presentation

MDOT Bureau of Bridges and Structures Presentation

Kyle C. Kopper, P.E., Chief Structure Design Engineer, a long-time subscriber to the Iron & Steel Preservation Chronicle, invited me ...
MDOT Field Rivet Demonstration with a Boyer pneumatic field rivet hammer at Lansing Community College

MDOT Field Rivet Demonstration

Michigan Department of Transportation personnel participated in a Field Rivet Demonstration with a Boyer pneumatic field rivet hammer at Lansing ...
Battle Creek Article with Calhoun County Road Commission Bridge Crew, 1997

Building Bridges to the Past

Twenty five years ago the Battle Creek Enquirer published a picture of two Calhoun County Road Commission bridge crew, Doug ...
Golden Gate Bridge from Across the Bay (Berkeley California Hills Walk 2024)

Berkeley Hills Walk

Traveling to the San Francisco Bay Area starting in 1995 began years of exploring the more than 130 paths in ...
Detail from CTA Modernization of Chicago’s Historic Elevated Train System.

Historic Rivets from Chicago’s L

“Vernon Mesler, I thought of you while watching the ironworkers use their busters” said a LinkedIn post by Terrance Narkum, ...