Talk:Beauvais Cathedral

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[edit] Reference

For reference, the following article exists: St. Pierre De Beauvais

Published in the early 1900's.

Smithville 07:14, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Media

There was a 30 minute cartoon (drama documentary) on the construction of the cathedral shown in the UK in the 1980's. Can anyone remember the name of the cartoon? --Mattyw 14:28, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Tvbanfield (talk) 21:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Timing of the reinforcement efforts?

As a reader, it would be interesting to me if there was some more information in some more precision when the specific stages of reinforcing the structures were accomplished, even in very general terms, not necessarily even in precise years. As it is, there is no idea conveyed just when the reinforncements were made. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 11:28, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

The timing is unknown as to the installation of the external support rods made of iron, but it could have been feasible by the 16th century. Whenever they were installed, they were removed in the 1960s thinking that they added to the problem. However the oscillations in strong winds were worse than before, so they were replaced by steel rods. Now they think that the use of steel makes the linked buttresses too rigid. As for the large internal support trusses, they were installed in the 1990s. Likewise, there is fear now that they may also be increasing stresses to the structure. High level computer studies are in progress to sort all this out. I could try to add some of this to the article if desired.Tvbanfield (talk) 21:46, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

That would be awesome!!! -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 02:17, 6 April 2008 (UTC)