Eric DeLony explained

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

• DeLony . Eric . 1996 . The Bollman Bridge at Savage, Maryland: Restoring America's Quintessential Metal Truss . . 27 . 1–2 . 24–31 . 10.2307/1504496 . 1504496.
• DeLony . Eric . Bridging the Past for the Future . Pennsylvania Heritage . Spring 2000 . 8–17.
• News: DeLony . Eric . The Destruction of Our Historic Metal Bridges Is the Destruction of Our Heritage . . 5 July 2009 .
• DeLony . Eric . Documenting Historic Bridges . Third National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage . International Engineering History and Heritage: Improving Bridges to ASCE’s 150th Anniversary . 239–251 . . October 2001 . Reston, Virginia . 0-7844-0594-8.
• DeLony . Eric . The Golden Age of the Iron Bridge . . 10 . 2 . Fall 1994 . 2007-11-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080904224525/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/1994/2/1994_2_8.shtml . 2008-09-04 . dead.
• DeLony . Eric . HABS/HAER at the Millennium: Advancing Architectural and Engineering Documentation . APT Bulletin . 29 . 3–4 . 1998 . 31–35 . 10.2307/1504609 . 1504609.
• Book: DeLony, Eric . Landmark American Bridges . Little, Brown and Company . November 1993 . 978-0-8212-2036-8 . registration .
• DeLony . Eric . Save Our Span! . . 21 . 1 . Summer 2005 . 2009-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906175938/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2000/4/2000_4_38.shtml . 2008-09-06 . dead .
• DeLony . Eric . Tom Paine's Bridge . . 15 . 4 . Spring 2000 . 38–45 . 2009-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081120065300/http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2005/1/2005_1_30.shtml . 2008-11-20 . dead .
• DeLony . Eric . The Value of Old Bridges . APT Bulletin . 35 . 4 . 2004 . 3–10 . 10.2307/4126414 . 4126414.

Further reading

• News: Lynch . Amanda . Project documenting Pennsylvania's historic bridges . . 24 November 2002 .
• News: Why Architects Need to Know About Bridges: Lecture by Eric DeLony . University of Texas School of Architecture enews . 19 April 2007 . 15 November 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080827210931/http://soa.utexas.edu/news/archive/041907/ . 27 August 2008 . dead.

External links

• Web site: Smith . Jason D. . A Tribute to Eric DeLony . 10 January 2017 . The Bridgehunter's Chronicles . 30 October 2018.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eric DeLony, Proprietor . 30 October 2018 . Center for Environmental Excellence Communities of Practice . . 20 February 2009 .
2. Web site: SIA General Tools Award . 2009-10-16.
3. Eric DeLony: 2000 General Tools Award Recipient . . 29 . 2 . 5–7 . Summer 2000 .