Reposted by Hamish HarveyJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/03/2026Loathed by Dundee's very active suffragette movement as well, and he loathed them back. In part, because they kept leading chants of "You're a WC with no seat!" at the notoriously thin-skinned Winston when he lost in Dundee. 49519
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Bridge of the Month 166 needs no introduction: Pont du Gard. www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/166-pont...billharveyassociates.com166. Pont du Gard — Bill Harvey Associates LimitedThis month's bridge will need no introduction! We visited Pont du Gard in September 2024, as part of a tour of bridges around Avignon. It didn't disappoint. 021
Reposted by Hamish HarveyAna McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Pont du Gard, the structural detail you might miss Thanks @hamishharvey.bsky.social www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/166-pont... #Bridge #CivilEngineering #Romansbillharveyassociates.com166. Pont du Gard — Bill Harvey Associates LimitedThis month's bridge will need no introduction! We visited Pont du Gard in September 2024, as part of a tour of bridges around Avignon. It didn't disappoint. 141
Reposted by Hamish HarveyJames Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Short 🧵 about the structural virtuosity of an anonymous builder in a traditional Maltese courtyard house: 1275
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 06/01/2026BoM165: The bridge at Semer Water is classic Yorkshire: simple, solid, and a fundamental part of the landscape. Sound in general, but for cement mortar pointing, cumulative damage from negligent driving is compounded by trees growing in the cracks. www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/165-seme...billharveyassociates.com165. Semer Water, North Yorkshire — Bill Harvey Associates LimitedTo get started, the bridge over the river Bain at Semer Water is classic Yorkshire: simple, solid, and a fundamental part of the landscape as well as important infrastructure. It looks sound in genera... 052
Reposted by Hamish HarveyProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 12/11/2025xkcd nails car bloat xkcd: Car Size xkcd.com/3167/xkcd.comCar Size 1024880
Reposted by Hamish HarveyPhil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 09/11/2025Tories scrapped half of HS2, which without the other half would actually make many train times worse. People said “why don’t you focus on electrification of existing lines then” so now Labour, eager to proven they’re different from Tories, have scrapped all of that too. 0195
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 16/10/2025A wonderfully complex piece of masonry, lost in Reading. 020
Reposted by Hamish HarveyDarren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 15/10/2025There seems to be a big deal about 'eco-bricks' made from stone in the UK..., meanwhile in Italy, almost every building supplies outlet sells these. 1185
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 15/10/2025It's 2025. I could buy a multifunction printer without wifi. Or one with wifi and a fax machine. 010
Reposted by Hamish HarveyJames Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · 11/10/2025And the flip-side to the lintel that wants to pass as an arch is the hidden key. Where the limitations of the stone call for an arch, but the appearance of an arch is unwanted, we get an arch in denial, with flat soffit and apparently vertical—not radial—joints. 0202
Reposted by Hamish HarveyJames Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · 12/10/2025For thousands of years we’ve been building with trabeated stone. For thousands of years it’s been chewed at, chased to abstraction. Repeatedly exhumed and revived, even after Roman concrete, even after Gothic vaults, after Rundbogenstil and Candela’s shells. Keeps coming back from the dead. a 🧵: 23110
Reposted by Hamish HarveyJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 21/08/2025And yes, getting past the random giant picture of three happy students laughing at a salad at the top of the course page counts as one of those swipes. 41739
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Bridge of the Month 164: We found Fatherford Viaduct on a walk around Okehampton, after following the East Oakment river down through a beautiful wooded valley. The heavy crusting of calcium carbonate tells some interesting stories. www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/164-fath...billharveyassociates.com164. Fatherford Viaduct — Bill Harvey Associates LimitedWe found Fatherford Viaduct on a walk around Okehampton, after following the East Oakment river down through a beautiful wooded valley. The heavy crusting of calcium carbonate tells some interesting s... 141
Reposted by Hamish HarveyNeil @stopfordianneil.bsky.social · 16/08/2025I’ve mulled over posting this for months now. But yesterday it came to a head. And I’m aware that the people who need to see it will either not be here, or will suggest that I’m lying. I live near an asylum hotel. The reason I didn’t post earlier is that I didn’t want to raise undue attention 891783869
Reposted by Hamish HarveyCharity Majors @charity.wtf · 30/07/2025This is a thought provoking, bite sized little piece that boils down to, "don't give feedback on EVERYTHING, because not everything matters! give feedback on things that have impact." I think it's a *great* exercise for the feedback-giver to think through the impact they want their advice to have. 38213
Reposted by Hamish HarveyPhil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 29/07/2025Imagine thinking wind turbines are ecocide where over five years fossil fuel tankers create 90,411 oil spills *and only bother to report 474 of them* - satellite analysis exposes high density "slick belts" coinciding with shipping lanes. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comOnly 0.5% of 90,000 oil slicks reported over five-year period, analysis finds | Shipping industry | The GuardianPollution incidents reported between 2014 and 2019 were compared against scientific study that used satellite imagery to count slicks 087
Reposted by Hamish HarveyKeff 🍊 @kefyor.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Every UK petition is like this 5074722591
Reposted by Hamish HarveyOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/07/2025In "Legitimate Concerns" news. 41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence. For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comTwo in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abusePolice data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse 1111771893
Reposted by Hamish HarveyChristopher Sebela @xtop.bsky.social · 25/07/2025when i have 6 to 8 enemies coming by the house 521361328
Reposted by Hamish HarveyPaul Whitewick @paulwhitewick.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Most days, when im out filming, I come across a little joy or two. Todays was this gorgeous Packhorse looking bridge along the fosse way. 4585
Reposted by Hamish HarveyEd Henderson @dredhenderson.bsky.social · 05/06/2025A bridge widened. Underneath Laverock Bridge, Mealbank, Cumbria. The left side once good for pack horses but then cars were invented. #BridgesThursday 1176
Reposted by Hamish HarveyGreens4HS2 @greens4hs2.bsky.social · 20/07/2025Heidi Alexander's decision to remove the safeguarding of HS2's route from Birmingham to Leeds is short-sighted in the extreme. This is the most beneficial part of the whole HS2 scheme - as we said at the time that the construction of the leg was cancelled. www.placeyorkshire.co.uk/govt-axes-de...placeyorkshire.co.ukGovt axes development safeguards on eastern leg of HS2 - Place YorkshireIn news that may disappoint but not surprise Yorkshire's rail-users and property industry, the secretary of state for transport, Heidi Alexander, has lifted development restrictions along what would h... 27826
Reposted by Hamish HarveyJames Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · 04/07/2025🧵Learning to build by taking things apart: Some 19th c theorists like Viollet-le-Duc were fond of banging on about the structural and constructional logic of the Gothic style, terms that feel inappropriate when applied to elements that seem purely aesthetic, like the cusps & featherings of tracery. 13911
Reposted by Hamish HarveyDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Same, medieval dudes. Same. 290178361695
Reposted by Hamish HarveyDr James Alexander Cameron @drjacameron.stainedglassattitudes.com · 05/07/2025i like my mid-to-late 12thc Anglo-Norman Romanesque S doors like I like my coffee. Well actually I prefer them freely accessible primarily, but covered in bees is fun too 1224
Reposted by Hamish HarveyAna McKellar @anamca.bsky.social · 02/07/2025I think of Bill Harvey working on its build whenever I see anything of the Humber Bridge, @hamishharvey.bsky.social, including the comments in this case! everythingisamazing.substack.com/p/breakfast-... Thanks @mikeachim.bsky.socialeverythingisamazing.substack.comBreakfast Under The BridgeOn finding awe in deeply uncomfortable things. 093
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 28/06/2025Grr. Originally a James Brindley structure. Several generations of masonry replacement visible, the original stone only in the abutments. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukCanal bridge crash near Wolverhampton to cost charity £80kThe bridge near Dimmingsdale, Staffordshire, is hit for the fifth time in 14 years, a charity says. 120
Reposted by Hamish HarveyDarren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025From 1911 Materials influence design and application. Here concrete is reducing the detail achievable, in this instance, it refers to concrete cast in-situ. 142
Reposted by Hamish HarveyDarren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The metal frame acts like straps around a wooden beer barrel to prevent further separation of the stone. 292
Reposted by Hamish HarveyJohn Bull @garius.bsky.social · 16/06/2025In 1988, IBM tried to seize the whole PC market back and make it proprietary again. Everyone KNEW you couldn't win against IBM. Compaq, and founding CEO Rod Canion, decided to try. Read my latest #history longform on the fight for the soul of the PC. And how Compaq won. every.to/the-crazy-on...every.toThe Man Who Beat IBMCompaq’s Rod Canion broke Big Blue’s hold on the PC market—and changed computing forever 1427982
Reposted by Hamish Harveysimonvirr.bsky.social @simonvirr.bsky.social · 16/06/2025A wonderful story about open standards tech, but more so about the benefits of being trustworthy and treating people well. Well worth the time to read. 35514
Reposted by Hamish HarveyEngineer Like A Girl @engineerlikeagirl.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I really resent it when motor lobbyists claim to speak on behalf of "drivers". I'm a driver myself: that doesn't mean I don't support building more bike lanes, ped crossings and investing in public transport - yes, even if that's at the expense of driving space/time. There are many people like me! 929545
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 02/06/2025BoM 163: A return visit to the old crossing at Alikianos, Crete, destroyed by floods in 2019. A new bridge is nearly complete next door. The old one is still more interesting. www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/163-alik...billharveyassociates.com163. Alikianos Old Bridge — Bill Harvey Associates LimitedA return visit to the old crossing at Alikianos, Crete, destroyed by floods in 2019. A new bridge is nearly complete next door. 021
Reposted by Hamish HarveyJames Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Blocks of stone laid protruding from the wall, meant to be carved at a later date, are known as ‘bossage’. The Centre Block is full of them; the plan all along was to execute the carvings slowly, over hundreds of years, so that the iconography would reflect the evolving polity. 2298
Reposted by Hamish HarveyJames Taite @jamestaite.bsky.social · 24/05/2025A 🧵 about stonecutting: A few weeks ago, around the same time that I read the piece by the incomparable @katewagner.bsky.social about the Regional Car Dealership Rococo of the present White House I noticed this little pecked spandrel beside the entry arch of the old Carleton County Courthouse… 412334
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 14/04/2025"the main cables are deteriorating and not as strong" as what? As strong as they were? As they need to be? As spaghetti? As vintage cheddar? 040
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 02/04/2025www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...bbc.co.ukBridge collapses into river in Mandalay, MyanmarVideo shows damage to the Ava Bridge, near Mandalay, after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked central Myanmar. 010
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 29/03/2025BoM 162: Rubira Bridge in Rwanda is the first masonry bridge built under the auspices of Bridges to Prosperity (B2P). B2P kindly shared the weekly progress photos, and I've picked out key steps and added a little* commentary. www.billharveyassociates.com/bom/162-rubi...billharveyassociates.com162. Rubira Bridge — Bill Harvey Associates LimitedSomething really out-of-the-ordinary this month. Rubira Bridge in Rwanda is the first masonry bridge built under the auspices of Bridges to Prosperity (B2P). B2P kindly shared the weekly progress phot... 220
Reposted by Hamish HarveyPeter Head @peterheadcbe.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Call for moon power (tidal energy) to be exploited. apple.news/A2_MRemmQTye...apple.newsAct now to turn ‘freak of geography’ into tidal energy, ministers toldHarnessing the Severn Estuary’s potential with the world’s first tidal energy lagoon could put Britain at forefront of a electricity revolution, a commission has found 041
Reposted by Hamish HarveyLily Crowther @lilcrowther.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Various gauges of mason were available for different tasks. 111
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 09/03/2025I suppose the "196 pound mason" is a standard size like a 14 pound sledge? 271
Reposted by Hamish HarveyDarren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Funny what you stumble upon when you ain’t looking for it. 0162
Reposted by Hamish HarveyDarren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Not as seen here, it wasn’t necessary. There would have been a loadbearing wood lintel behind the arch. These were often used in low load situations. 121
Reposted by Hamish HarveyDarren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social · 04/03/2025I would like to remind you of the Dutch Arch. 3412
Hamish Harvey @hamishharvey.bsky.social · 01/03/2025Nice piece from PHEW on the Brig o’ Doon www.ice.org.uk/what-is-civi...ice.org.ukThe Brig O' Doon: The Bridge Saved By A PoetThe (Auld) Brig O’ Doon is a 15th century pre-reformation bridge spanning the River Doon in a single Roman-styled arch. 021
Reposted by Hamish HarveyGareth Dennis @garethdennis.uk · 27/02/2025Never forget that water was privatised by the Thatcher government based on nothing more than vibes... 716139