Attached Link: Baument.com

http://www.baument.com Updated the downloads page with 'Stone Bridge 2'. This is a re-visited model that has had some major improvments. The Faces have been split into more logical groups for texturing and there's a couple of texture maps included. One is the overall mossy stone for the sides and the other is a texture for the archways. Bryce users should use 'Object Front' mapping as with all our architectural models. Enjoy! Ed

That looks really handy. Thank you Baument.

Thanks Ed!! Gorgeous bridge. :) Irene

WOW, that is excellent! Thank you! Dave :-)

Nice bridge Ed. I can see a rickety wagon full of hay being pulled over your bridge by an old donkey.

........hummmmm, come to think of it I have a rickety ole wagon full of hay.......... ; )

...And someone made Kate a swayback morph for the horse. That's a good, useful bridge. Thank you. :) Carolly

Ed, I love this bridge. I can find all sorts of uses for it. Thanks so much. Melanie

I've got a FULL SIZE stone bridge model! Actually they are rebuilding the old Wycombe stone bridge (looks a lot like yours, 3 arches, only not as neat.), I aughta take some pictures of the construction (they have it stripped down to just about the arches, with cribbing underneith right now). I guess you don't see one of these built (or rebuilt) every day. It was sorta collapsing into the creek. Nice model, too!

Jim, A for-real, rock solid stone build-it-up-by-hand bridge? In reconstruction? Wow! I surely hope you take pictures! Most of the scenes created for the Galleries involve pre-completed architectural properties because we don't have pieces. Instead of naked Vickis with swords in the temples they can be blessing the cornerstone with wine or even ::gasp:: laying a shovel on the alter to consecrate it. ;^) But it would be wonderful to have some scaffolding for something other than a gallowstree. A few modelers have given us ruins of arches or colonnades, but they've been ruined and rubbled. With a hod-carrier, some bricks, and a tub of mortar & trowel, we could show the building of Rome or the Pharos of Alexandria or slaves building their own dungeon under Ming's Palace on Atraxia. Besides, it would give the guys behind the trebuchets something to aim at later. ;^) We can't drive anywhere today without passing through bridge construction and around new hotels or business parks. It was no different in ancient Rome or Medieval London (I believe that the vikings took down London Bridge on 3 seperate occasions), which only shows great stubborness on both sides). Backgrounds would look a little more realistic if there was something under construction somewhere. Gee, we could even use such items on those webpages which are under construction. Carolly

Yes, after I thought about it I could see how rare this could be, mostly old bridges are torn down, or bypassed and left to rot. I'd guess this one dates to about 1850 or so. I wasn't too impressed with the quality of the original stonework or mortar, though, but it did last pretty well!

Jim, When your bridge was built, it was most likely speced and designed for wagons pulled by mules and carriages pulled by horses. It is quite possibly built at right angle to the streambed so that carts or caissons wouldn't tip (a military point, but even commercial travelers appreciate it). A weighted wagon might weigh as much as an SUV or loaded pickup, but it wouldn't be tearing along the road at modern speeds! I'm glad that they are saving your bridge by continuing its useful life. Carolly