Real World Skills School Projects

Anita Clark:

When a local businessman asked teacher Dick Anderson if his woods technology students could build a covered bridge, Anderson said "sure.''

He envisioned an ornamental garden structure.

Instead, what the client wanted — and what the high school students built — is a 14-ton, 44-foot long timber-frame covered bridge that spans a ravine and can carry fully loaded trucks.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at June 5, 2008 5:53 PM
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