Structural Engineering Slide Library

Stone columns

Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenF2 Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens, Greece. Columns 61 ft 9 in high, 6 ft 4 in diameter, constructed in 12 segments as shown in the collapsed column in foreground. Vertical alignment of segments was effected by a central hole and plug. (Athens, Greece)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenF3 The Propylaea (BC 437-432). These columns at the entrance to the Acropolis show that in spite of the vertical alignment by central plugs, horizontal ground motions due to earthquakes have been capable of moving segments off line, and causing collapse. (Athens, Greece)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenF4 The Forum. Examples of early Roman column construction can be seen in the 39 ft. 4 in. granite columns of the Temple of Saturn (AD 284, left foreground) and the 48 ft. 5 in. high columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux (AD 6, right background). (Rome, Italy)
Thumbnail Image Image-GoddenF5 St. Peter's Square (Piazza San Pietro). This imposing 650 ft. wide entrance piazza is surrounded by 284 columns of the Tuscan colonnade, erected by Bernini (AD 1655-67). (For St. Peter's Dome, see GoddenE14-E16) (Rome, Italy)

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