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...Le pont à bascule (fig. 17) se composait de deux poutres avec traverses et madriers, chacune des extrémités postérieures des deux poutres étant munies d'une chaîne s'enroulant sur un treuil. Nous avons l'occasion, dans l'article PORTE, de revenir sur ces ponts mobiles, et particulièrement sur les ponts-levis adaptés à la maçonnerie...

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