Bronze Yard â11, the official standard of length for the United States between 1855 and 1892, when the Treasury Department formally adopted a metric standard. Bronze Yard â11 was forged to be an exact copy of the British Imperial Standard Yard held by Parliament.
âAbsolutely it's the way to go-every city should have a big tunnel underneath it,â said Hauser. âAlaskan Way Viaduct, which is old and ugly and dirty, and it's gonna fall down if the earth moves and it shakes any more, it's gonna fall.â.Big Bertha doesn't just drill-it installs concrete wall panels as it goes, leaving a finished tunnel behind. âThis is a work of art,â said Hauser.Alaskan Way Viaduct, which is old and ugly and dirty, and it's gonna fall down if the earth moves and it shakes any more, it's gonna fall.â. Big Bertha doesn't just drill-it installs concrete wall panels as it goes, leaving a finished tunnel behind.
London Bridge is falling down. Most of us probably remember the nursery rhyme âLondon Bridge Is Falling Downâ from our childhoods. Many of us probably sang it or played the game. However, we probably did not know the origins of the rhyme. Many theories exist to explain the origin of this 18th century rhyme.* The first London Bridge spanned the River Thames in the middle of the first century. The Romans constructed it of wood and mud at Londinium, now known as London.