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Well There‘s Your Problem

Episode 14: The Quebec Bridge

Well There‘s Your Problem

WTYP is Justin Roczniak, November Kelly, Liam McAnderson, and friends.

Technology

4.61.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2020

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, @donoteat1, @oldmananders0n, and @aliceavizandum talk about the Quebec Bridge, a bridge so nice they built it thrice. here are the slides: https://youtu.be/SjOduiPSF1Q here is the patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod Info sources: https://www.structuremag.org/?p=9300 https://www.structuremag.org/?p=9399https://www.structuremag.org/?p=9491 https://www.gandhieng.com/RESOURCES/MEDIA/FINAL%20-%20The%20Failure%20and%20Reconstruction%20of%20the%20Quebec%20Bridge%20-%20K%20Gandhi%202017.pdf https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=encee_facpub Image Sources: slide 1 (quebec bridge) By GBoivinT - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=21845932 slide 2 (forth bridge) By Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=51291330 slide 3 (public domain) By Unknown photographer for Benjamin Baker. - http://www.sbe.hw.ac.uk/staff/arthur/frbpc/ForthBridgePostCards.htm, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=415051 commodore barry By Jim Dietrich - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Commodore_Barry_Bridge_From_Ferry_Rd.jpg, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=988454 tokyo gate By Aimaimyi - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=18740198 hart bridge: Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=39943 quebec bridge eyebars - google maps grand trunk pacific: toronto public library https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RDMDC-912-71-M12-1-SMALL&R=DC-912-71-M12-1-SMALL site: google maps cooper: stolen from Structure article phoenix columns: historic american building survey https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.pa3994.photos/?sp=8 historical society of the phoenixville area https://www.hspa-pa.org/phoenix_bridge.html bridge of the week http://www.bridgeofweek.com/2015/08/phoenix-bridge-company.html assorted public domain photos last slide By Jean-Philippe Bourgoin, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=19949187

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0:00.0

All set, okay, great. If you're just joining us, I have died. I've caught USBitis from Riley Quinn, a previous guest.

0:10.0

And yeah, it just lives in my chest now and it's killing me

0:14.8

Oh, that's a damn shame.

0:17.8

Yeah, I don't know I don't know how to do this with only two hosts and a zombie

0:22.6

What? with only two hosts and a zombie. Welcome to, well, there's your problem,

0:26.4

a podcast about engineering disasters with slides,

0:30.2

which is also in and of itself a disaster.

0:33.0

From beyond the grave.

0:35.0

Yes.

0:36.0

Mm.

0:38.0

I'm Justin Rosnik, also do not eat 0-1 on the Twitter and... Or is it... You're not do not eat 0 1 on the Twitter and or is it you're not do not eat 0 1 on the

0:45.8

or do not eat 1 on the twester you do not eat 1 on the twester you'll do not eat 0 1

0:48.9

on the you think I'm glad I'm glad I'm glad I have that we need three people to get this right you know that's a thing.

0:56.4

Yeah, it's really just one person because I rarely fucking know either.

1:01.6

Oh, you're attributing a lot of competence to me that I do not have.

1:06.0

Well, well, well, well, I heard we screwed up on the airplane episode, but, you know, we don't

1:11.9

know anything about planes, so.

1:13.4

Which we were very clear about, actually.

1:16.3

Yeah, we told them that.

1:17.6

Yeah, we confused a pitot tube with an angle of attack center, which is the little wing thing next to the veto tube.

1:24.8

Which we're very sorry and we'll do have had them.

1:27.4

Yes.

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