Several members of the
Swiss
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family Grubenmann were famous as
carpenter
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s and
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in the 18th century. The sons were innovators in
bridge
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construction.
(1668 – 27 June 1736) lived all his life in
Gstalden,
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
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where he fathered three sons:
* (10 January 1694 – 5 October 1758), died in
Hombrechtikon
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Hombrechtikon is first mentioned in 1200 as ''Humbrechtigkon''. In 1217 it was mentioned as ''Hunbrechticon''.
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Hombrecht ...
,
Zürich
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;
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Johannes Grubenmann
Johannes Grubenmann (15 June 1707 – 10 June 1771) was a member of the Swiss family Grubenmann who were famous as carpenters and civil engineers in the eighteenth century.
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(15 June 1707 – 10 June 1771), died in
Teufen; and
*Hans Ulrich Grubenmann (23 March 1709 – 22 January 1783), died in Teufen.
The brothers were village carpenters in Teufen. The principal structures are known to be:
*Crossing of the
Rhine
), Surselva, Graubünden, Switzerland
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at
Schaffhausen in two spans of 52 m and 59 m respectively, (Hans Ulrich, 1757);
*A single-span of 67 m at
Reichenau, (Johannes, 1757);
*Crossing of the
Limmat
The Limmat is a river in Switzerland. The river commences at the outfall of Lake Zurich, in the southern part of the city of Zurich. From Zurich it flows in a northwesterly direction, after 35 km reaching the river Aare. The confluenc ...
at
Wettingen, a 60 m span thought to be the first use of a true
arch
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in a
timber
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bridge, (Hans Ulrich and Johannes, 1778).
Very few of their bridges have survived, those at Schaffhausen and Wettingen being burnt by the
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in the
war of 1799, but their designs were influential, making use of novel combinations of arches and
truss
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In engineering, a truss is a structure that "consists of two-force members only, where the members are organized so that the assembl ...
es. The surviving bridges include:
*Rümlangbrücke,
Oberglatt, 27.5 m span
*Hundwilertobel, 30 m span
*Kubelbrücke,
Herisau, 30 m span
Bibliography
*de Mechel, Chrétien ''Plans, coupes et élévations des trois points de bois le plus remarquables de la Suisse''
*''
John Soane and the Wooden Bridges of Switzerland: Architecture and the Culture of Technology from Palladio to Grubenmanns'', catalogue of an exhibition at
Sir John Soane's Museum,
*Timoshenko, S. P. (1953) ''History of Strength of Materials'', pp182–183,
*Troyano, L. F. (2003) ''Bridge Engineering - A Global Perspective'', pp158–159,
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