[Sci-tech-public] MIT Museum event: Wooden Bridge Building Technology

[Debbie Meinbresse]

>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:30:35 -0500
>To: Sci-tech-public at mit.edu
>From: "Deborah G. Douglas" <ddouglas at MIT.EDU>
>
>
>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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