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. He received the General Tools Award, the highest award of the Society for Industrial Archeology, in 2000.
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". 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 (5 July 2009). "The Destruction of Our Historic Metal Bridges Is the Destruction of Our Heritage". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
- 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 2008-09-04. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
- 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 2008-09-06. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
- DeLony, Eric (Spring 2000). "Tom Paine's Bridge". Invention & Technology. 15 (4): 38–45. Archived from the original on 2008-11-20. Retrieved 2009-12-10.
- DeLony, Eric (2004). "The Value of Old Bridges". APT Bulletin. 35 (4): 3–10. doi:10.2307/4126414. JSTOR 4126414.
References
- "Eric DeLony, Proprietor". Center for Environmental Excellence Communities of Practice. AASHTO. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
- "SIA General Tools Award". Retrieved 2009-10-16.
- "Eric DeLony: 2000 General Tools Award Recipient" (PDF). Society for Industrial Archeology Newsletter. 29 (2): 5–7. Summer 2000.
Further reading
- Lynch, Amanda (24 November 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. 19 April 2007. Archived from the original on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
External links
- Smith, Jason D. (10 January 2017). "A Tribute to Eric DeLony". The Bridgehunter's Chronicles. Retrieved 30 October 2018.