Talk:Garabit viaduct
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[edit] Location and near.
I put the location of the bridge in the article but where it's near is still there but it looks a little out of place. Maybe someone knows how to fix it. --Northernwolves 19:46, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Capacity
How much weight can the viaduct hold?? Does anybody know the answer?
- I remember reading that the load tests were done with a 75 ton locomotive and 15 ton rail cars, however I don't have a citation. Perhaps you can find the details and add it to the article. —RandallJones 19:50, 14 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Vandalism
- I am sorry to see that the vandalism of 64.251.48.164 had been identified, but not reverted. It took me some time to realize that the last valid version was six or seven iterations old... Hektor 19:25, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Catenary or Parabola???
Several captions for the photo of this bridge in other articles refer to it as a catenary, not a parabola. I could not find any reference to this bridge being a catenary in this article, however. It does not make sense that this bridge would be a catenary, because it bears weight other than simply the arch form, for which a parabola is a stronger shape. Are these other captions incorrect? Or is this bridge just some kind of freak? Cajolingwilhelm 05:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
