From: liz@poppyrecords.invalid.invalid   
      
   Martin Brown <'''newspam'''@nonad.co.uk> wrote:   
      
   > On 27/11/2025 17:33, Liz Tuddenham wrote:   
   > > john larkin  wrote:   
   > >   
   > > [...]   
   > >> It's scary to think about all the public utilities and refineries and   
   > >> breweries that are running on ancient control systems that the CE   
   > >> graduate kids couldn't fix.   
   > >   
   > > A very historic bridge near here has recently been refurbished.  Its   
   > > main claim to fame was that it was an experimental cable-stayed bridge   
   > > which looked like a suspension bridge ... but wasn't.  The original   
   > > designer, in 1836, had done some amazing calculations of the tensile and   
   > > compressive forces to prove that the idea could be made to work safely.   
   >   
   > Which one was that?   
      
   Victoria Bridge in Bath, designed by James Dredge.   
      
      
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