Minecraft

Process

We first did complete research in a Google Doc. The information below is a result of that. 

• Question: What is a moment in history that you would like to share through Minecraft?

• Answer:  the four railroad bridge

• Question: What historical roots would you like to show in your Minecraft production?

• Answer: how the 4 railroad bridge was made

• Question: How will you show the 4 railroad bridge?

• Answer:show what material was made to build it

• Question: How will you deliver the “THEN” and “NOW” in your build?

• Answer:we will show it by building a normal bridge and a 4 railroad bridge

• Question: What items will you use in the build and how does it relate to the history you are going to share?

• Answer:copper, string, trip wire, iron block, water, bricks, marble, trapdoors.

• We will build Indiana on one side and Louisville on the other side, where we will build the bridge between the two states.

• I will build trees and houses on the shore with a path of stone.

• What i will do is build a beach and then in front of the beach will be houses in indiana.

We used iron blocks for the pillars, copper, lanterns, fencing, brick blocks, brick walls, and glass for the new bridge. The glass and fence were used for the entrance and exit

Then we started building. Kevin hosted the world and the others joined in.  Everyday we worked on this with changes based on research and findings. Once everything was done, Kevin did a screen record on his iPad, and Jordan recorded the audio.

It was later merged together on iMovie. The title slide and the ending slide was created on Canva and added to the final movie.

Our teacher uploaded the file to YouTube to share. 

Our Minecraft build is the Big Four Bridge. From rail to trail, the Big Four Bridge has graced the Louisville skyline for more than 120 years. It's been more than 40 years since trains rumbled across the tracks.

It is called the Big Four Bridge because it carried the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway - nicknamed Big Four Railroad. The construction of a single-track railroad bridge began on October 10, 1888. During its erection, 37 workers perished, twelve of whom drowned after a caisson that held back water from the river failed. Another four died several months later when a wooden beam broke while working on a different pier caisson. On December 15, 1893, the bridge project made headlines across the nation after strong winds dislodged a construction crane. A truss holding 41 workers on the span collapsed into the icy Ohio River. 21 of the workers drowned. For the old bridge, we used mossy cobblestone for the pillars, gravel for the debris, chains that hold the debris, and deep slate bricks for the main bridge.

After 46 years it was reconstructed in 2014 as a pedestrian walkway. The original Big Four Bridge had a pedestrian walkway on the west side of the tracks. People could walk across the bridge alongside trains until 1929 when a newly constructed replacement bridge using the same bridge piers replaced it.

We used iron blocks for the pillars, copper, lanterns, fencing, brick blocks, brick walls, and glass for the new bridge. The glass and fence were used for the entrance and exit. So that is how we built the Louisville railroad bridge from old to new! The bridge lighting cost $2.1 million and uses 1,472 LED lights. A very crude estimate that considers only the truss bridge length of about 2,550 feet results in a per-foot cost of $823.53. The project was completed under the direction of the Waterfront Development Corporation of Louisville.

By February 2013, pedestrians were allowed to access the Big Four Bridge from Louisville. The Jeffersonville approach ramp opened on May 20, 2014. The Big Four is now a pedestrian and bicycle bridge that opened to the public 24 hours a day in 2013. The bridge has millions of visitors each year, making it the most popular urban attraction in the area.

https://www.wave3.com/story/25867689/big-four-bridge-bridging-the-gap-between-past-and-present/

http://bridgestunnels.com/location/big-four-bridge/

https://historiclouisville.com/big-four-bridge/