Eric DeLony

Eric DeLony served as chief of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) from 1971 to 2003 and is a noted historic preservationist. He is a professional engineering and industrial heritage consultant with a particular interest is 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]

Publications

• 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).
• 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).
• DeLony, Eric (Spring 2000). "Tom Paine's Bridge". Invention & Technology. 15 (4): 38–45.

References

1. "Biographies of Experts-Eric DeLony". The Center for Environmental Excellence Technical Assistance Program. AASHTO. Retrieved 2007-11-14.
2. "SIA General Tools Award". Retrieved 2009-10-16.
3. "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.