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TABLE OF CONTENT

1. CHAPTER 9

INTRODUCTION 9

1.1. BACKGROUND 9

1.2. DEFINITION 10

1.3. ETYMOLOGY 10

1.4. DESIGN 11

1.5. PLANNING 12

1.6. FUNDING 12

2. CHAPTER 13

HISTROY OF FLOATING BRIDGE 13

2.1. ANCIENT CHINA 13

2.2. GRECO-ROMAN ERA 14

2.3. MIDDLE AGES 16

2.4. EARLY MODERN PERIOD 17

2.5. EARLY 20th CENTURY 19

3. CHAPTER 20

USES OF FLOATING BRIDGE 20

3.1. WORLD WAR 2 20

3.2. UNITED STATES 20

3.3. AMERICAN LIGHT PONTON BRIDGE COMPANY 20

3.4. AMERICAN HEAVY PONTON BRIDGE BATTALION 21

3.5. AMERICAN ENGINEER TREADWAY BRIDGE COMPANY 21

3.6. MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT 21

3.7. SOLID PONTON 22

3.8. TREADWAY 22

3.9. BRITAIN 23

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