The Values and Significance of the Colonial Steel Railway Bridges of Pakistan
Abstract This paper proposes that Civil Engineering Heritage is a distinct form of heritage, related to but differing from Industrial Heritage and a separate field that should be treated independently. The critical element that signifies engineering heritage is ingenium or innovation in development...
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doaj-9b07f63299a048eaa176f0686998fb262020-11-25T03:33:31ZengSpringerOpenBuilt Heritage2096-30412662-68022017-12-0114112110.1186/BF03545654The Values and Significance of the Colonial Steel Railway Bridges of PakistanAyesha Pamela Rogers0Ghulam Mustafa Baloch1Cultural Studies Department, National College of ArtsCultural Studies Department, National College of ArtsAbstract This paper proposes that Civil Engineering Heritage is a distinct form of heritage, related to but differing from Industrial Heritage and a separate field that should be treated independently. The critical element that signifies engineering heritage is ingenium or innovation in development of complex technological responses to physical challenges. Engineering heritage requires specific approaches to its identification, documentation, conservation and management. The important first step of this process is a clear understanding of the values and attributes that contribute to the significance of engineering heritage and must be safeguarded. The example of engineering heritage examined here is the colonial steel railway bridges of Pakistan; three case study bridges are presented and the values and attributes of each are discussed. The paper then identifies a set of shared essential values of this type of engineering heritage that can serve as a basis for value-based conservation and management.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/BF03545654civil engineeringheritagebridgescolonialPakistanvalues |
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The Values and Significance of the Colonial Steel Railway Bridges of Pakistan |
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The Values and Significance of the Colonial Steel Railway Bridges of Pakistan |
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The Values and Significance of the Colonial Steel Railway Bridges of Pakistan |
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The Values and Significance of the Colonial Steel Railway Bridges of Pakistan |
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The Values and Significance of the Colonial Steel Railway Bridges of Pakistan |
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Abstract This paper proposes that Civil Engineering Heritage is a distinct form of heritage, related to but differing from Industrial Heritage and a separate field that should be treated independently. The critical element that signifies engineering heritage is ingenium or innovation in development of complex technological responses to physical challenges. Engineering heritage requires specific approaches to its identification, documentation, conservation and management. The important first step of this process is a clear understanding of the values and attributes that contribute to the significance of engineering heritage and must be safeguarded. The example of engineering heritage examined here is the colonial steel railway bridges of Pakistan; three case study bridges are presented and the values and attributes of each are discussed. The paper then identifies a set of shared essential values of this type of engineering heritage that can serve as a basis for value-based conservation and management. |
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