Eric DeLony
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Eric DeLony (1944–2018) served as chief of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) from 1971 to 2003 and was a noted historic preservationist. He was a professional engineering and industrial heritage consultant with a particular interest in the preservation of historic bridges.[1] He received the General Tools Award, the highest award of the Society for Industrial Archeology, in 2000.[2][3]
DeLony graduated from the Ohio State University in 1968.
Publications
[edit]- DeLony, Eric (1996). "The Bollman Bridge at Savage, Maryland: Restoring America's Quintessential Metal Truss". APT Bulletin. 27 (1–2): 24–31. doi:10.2307/1504496. JSTOR 1504496.
- DeLony, Eric. "Bridging the Past for the Future". Pennsylvania Heritage (Spring 2000): 8–17.
- DeLony, Eric (July 5, 2009). "The Destruction of Our Historic Metal Bridges Is the Destruction of Our Heritage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Archived from the original on August 23, 2009.
- DeLony, Eric (October 2001). "Documenting Historic Bridges". International Engineering History and Heritage: Improving Bridges to ASCE’s 150th Anniversary. Third National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage. Reston, Virginia: American Society of Civil Engineers. pp. 239–251. ISBN 0-7844-0594-8.
- DeLony, Eric (Fall 1994). "The Golden Age of the Iron Bridge". Invention & Technology. 10 (2). Archived from the original on September 4, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2007.
- DeLony, Eric (1998). "HABS/HAER at the Millennium: Advancing Architectural and Engineering Documentation". APT Bulletin. 29 (3–4): 31–35. doi:10.2307/1504609. JSTOR 1504609.
- DeLony, Eric (November 1993). Landmark American Bridges. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-8212-2036-8.
- DeLony, Eric (Summer 2005). "Save Our Span!". Invention & Technology. 21 (1). Archived from the original on September 6, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
- DeLony, Eric (Spring 2000). "Tom Paine's Bridge". Invention & Technology. 15 (4): 38–45. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved December 10, 2009.
- DeLony, Eric (2004). "The Value of Old Bridges". APT Bulletin. 35 (4): 3–10. doi:10.2307/4126414. JSTOR 4126414.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Eric DeLony, Proprietor". Center for Environmental Excellence Communities of Practice. AASHTO. February 20, 2009. Retrieved October 30, 2018.
- ↑ "SIA General Tools Award". Retrieved October 16, 2009.
- ↑ "Eric DeLony: 2000 General Tools Award Recipient" (PDF). Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter. 29 (2): 5–7. Summer 2000.
Further reading
[edit]- Lynch, Amanda (November 24, 2002). "Project documenting Pennsylvania's historic bridges". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
- "Why Architects Need to Know About Bridges: Lecture by Eric DeLony". University of Texas School of Architecture enews. April 19, 2007. Archived from the original on August 27, 2008. Retrieved November 15, 2007.
External links
[edit]- Smith, Jason D. (January 10, 2017). "A Tribute to Eric DeLony". The Bridgehunter's Chronicles. Retrieved October 30, 2018.