[Sci-tech-public] Wooden Bridge Building Technology

[Deborah G. Douglas]

I'd like to call your attention to a special program being sponsored 
by the MIT Museum this Saturday.    Please feel free to forward to 
interested parties.

Debbie Douglas
Curator of Science and Technology
MIT Museum


Traditional Wooden Covered Bridge Construction
Saturday Dec. 4, 2004
2:00 - 3:00pm
MIT Museum (N52 - 2nd floor)
Free admission


Arnold Graton, Jr. will lead a special program on the technology and 
craft of traditional covered bridge construction as practiced by his 
New Hampshire family.  Graton is a third generation bridge builder 
and his family's wooden covered bridges can be found all over the 
continental United States.  Their story was first told in the 1978 
book The Last of the Covered Bridge Builders written by Graton's 
grandfather and company founder Milton Graton (1908-1994).   Arnold 
will continue the story to the present day.  In conjunction with its 
exhibition on Swiss bridge building, the MIT Museum is proud to 
present this rare opportunity to learn about traditional covered 
bridge construction (including hands-on activities) from a master New 
England builder.
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