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1886 Sixth Street Bridge Grand Rapids, Michigan, portal detail

Historic Iron and Steel Riveted Bridges Presentations

Historic Iron and Steel Riveted Bridges: two presentations in 2025 by Vern Mesler and Nan Jackson, scheduled in Grand Rapids ...
Parshallburg Bridge after its relocation to Chesaning, Michigan, 2006

“mess of doings”

“Kalamazoo Street Bridge Swept Away and Is Lodged Against the Michigan Avenue Structure. This has been a day to be ...
Patrick Sparks at Mission Espada, San Antonio

Engineer, Preservationist, Texan

Patrick Sparks: engineer, preservationist, Texan. Sparks Engineering is a short distance from an I-35 exit on North Flores Street, located ...
Independence Plaza at Space Center Houston (the official Visitors’ Center next to NASA’s Johnson Space Center)

Independence Plaza at Space Center Houston

Visited Independence Plaza at Space Center Houston (the official Visitors’ Center next to NASA’s Johnson Space Center), looking at the ...
Dance floor at Twin Sisters Dance Hall, Blanco, Texas

Twin Sisters Dance Hall

Dark, rainy, and a bit cold as we turned from the eighty-mile-an-hour US 281 onto a one lane horse and ...