tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156248092240493103.post4887058660220809029..comments2024-03-28T07:41:39.861-07:00Comments on The Gondola Blog: Kansas City Expedition Part 3 – “Halfway There and Gone"Gondola Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13851059697312050099noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156248092240493103.post-27388827123914681902009-09-21T10:38:08.307-07:002009-09-21T10:38:08.307-07:00Anonymous from Alcanada in Mallorca, Spain. Gondol...Anonymous from Alcanada in Mallorca, Spain. Gondolier di Venezia come un grandissimo dei, Gondolier di USA come un piccolo dei.<br />As part of the EU you could be a gondolier. Start with a name. How about "Andrea Benespana". Much better than anonymous.<br /><br />Ciao FratiBepi Venexianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156248092240493103.post-84054973691807368442009-09-19T07:06:47.550-07:002009-09-19T07:06:47.550-07:00Nowadays we live in a global world. Information go...Nowadays we live in a global world. Information goes from one side to the other. Be a gondola man in USA is a... no have words to say how it is.<br /><br />Rowing is a god way of living, maybe is the only way. <br />The man from AlcanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156248092240493103.post-5224839260358922212009-09-18T09:21:08.453-07:002009-09-18T09:21:08.453-07:00The curios lifting bridge in the story is apparent...The curios <a href="http://www.cs-photo.com/csphoto_Images/Full/CS10586.jpg" rel="nofollow">lifting bridge</a> in the story is apparently the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman_Bridge" rel="nofollow">Harry S. Truman Railway Bridge</a>Tamas Feher from Hungarynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156248092240493103.post-53202766547753242322009-09-18T08:56:59.598-07:002009-09-18T08:56:59.598-07:00The bridges are an interesting topic. Some time ag...The bridges are an interesting topic. Some time ago an engineering historian told me bridges in Europe were mainly for the benefit of road travel from ancient time on. Riverboat use came centures later and they were forced to lay low and narrow to fit existing bridges.<br /><br />On the other hand, in USA ships were one major form of discovery and transport for the early decades, when train was not yet there to cover the vast distances. Ships were made the largest possible and tall to serve all demand.<br /><br />When settled civilization and bridges appeared, they had to allow the established boat traffic somehow. Therefore one can find many curious, rotating, up-lifting or drawing-bridge style river crossings in the USA.<br /><br />These ingenious pieces of architecture seldom occur in Europe, only in extremities like London or St. Petersburg.Tamas Feher from Hungarynoreply@blogger.com