Historic Bridge Restoration

There are no shop or field driven rivets on the Gordie Howe International Bridge, but walking across the wide two-way pedestrian and cyclist path one can feel the presence of those craftsmen and women who fabricated and erected this twenty first century b…

An industrial 1930’s brick and steel building in Richmond, California, with shop-riveted columns and trusses, houses Rosie the Riveter WWII Home Front National Historical Park.

When stagecoach driver Col.

As a steel fabricator and in my work in the preservation of historic truss bridges, I’ve worked with many types of industrial cranes and recognize the vital role the mobile crane and its operator has in the handling of iron and steel.

Thousands of pounds of redwood logs stretching along a logger’s pole trailer enter the historic Haupt Creek Bridge in northern Sonoma County, California.

Iron is a word often used to convey strength, in describing a product, an experience, or a person.

On May 15th of this year, we met with Calhoun County Parks Coordinator, Luke Siefken, at the Calhoun County Historic Bridge Park in Michigan.

Walls of rivets in buildings, ships, and bridges.

Inside the Michigan State Capitol Building Dome In 1985 I was working on an idea for a wall sculpture at Lansing Community College, and I had an opportunity to inspect the interior metal framework of architect Elijah Myers’s dome for the 1871 Michigan Sta…

A tour with cousins from Healdsburg California In 1937 the Golden Gate Bridge opening ceremonies and festivities began with Pedestrian’s Day.