CE 101 Lecture 5: CE Chapter 5 Notes
31 Oct 2018
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The great pyramid: khafu"s pyramid 2540 b. c. Channel/ bridge that was built to convey water. Owens river aqueduct: aka los angeles aqueduct, owens river aqueduct transports water from the central valley of california to the city of l. a. Colorado river aqueduct: arizona to southern california. California aqueduct: (governor edmund g. brown c. a. Joaquin-sacramento river delta in northern c. a. and ows south. During reign of mongolian emperor kublei khan. River system has a rapid oe, abundance of sh, go upstream and downstream. The grand canal of china: oldest and longest. End of 19th century: there were 13 sections in the canal systems. Oldest segmental arch bridge : pons fabricius bridge in rome. Zhaozhou bridge: world"s rst stone open-spandrel segmental arch bridge; built 610. Brooklyn bridge (1883): between manhattan and brooklyn. Responsible for design: john, washington, emily roebling. Longest suspension bridge in america and ranked 8th in the world (4,260 ft) Roof ends at a height of 1,451.
