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Historic Bridge Rehabilitation /
 32' long member for the Cut River Bridge, MI |  Center Strut |  New riveted steel construction utilizing the hydraulic press |
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 sway brace cross sectional mock up |  hot riveting |  Center strut |
 Diagonal sway bracing |  7/8" diameter for the Cut River Bridge, MI |  Box strut replication |
 Test cells for the Army Corps ~4000 lbs |  original 75' span ca.1912 |  typical corrosion |
 corroded end post |  Pneumatic riveting in Western Australia |  Better than new |
 Custom 1" pan head rivets |  Installation complete |  Candidate for rehabilitation: Lullwater, Georgia |
 Ultrasonic testing |  |  Longfellow bridge rehabilitation components |
 New bottom chord and pan heads |  Custom Button and Steeple head rivets |  Tower refurbishment |
 Railroad truss mockup |  Pneumatic bucking and riveting |  Ballard Forge can make custom rivets for your rehabilitation project |
 ready for action |  Tools of the trade |  Longfellow bridge rehabilitation, Boston Mass. |
 hydraulic riveting |  In honor of the original Bollman truss at this site: Cable bridge erection with Sahale, LLC, Ellicott City, Maryland |  Cable bridge erection, Ellicott City, Maryland |
 Hydraulic riveting presses for Longfellow bridge rehabilitation, Cambridge Massachusetts. |  Riveted diaphragm |  Rivet School at Atlantic Bridge and Engineering |
 Custom rivet tooling and bushings |  Hydraulic riveting |  New riveted jump platform for Young's High Bridge in KY. Photo courtesy of Vertigo Bungee |
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