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Bridges The Spans of North American by David Plowden w/ Dust Jacket
Bridges The Spans of North America David Plowden
Bridges The Spans of North America
David Plowden
Hard Cover Dust Jacket
339 Pages
Copyright 2002
Contents
Preface
Stone and Brick
35 Wood
59Iron
126 Steel 1874c.1900
172 Steel c.1900c.1930
248 Steel c.1930 to the Present
304 Concrete
332 INDEX
This book explores in depth how, when, where, and by whom the most important North American bridges were built. Over 185 of Plowden's superb photographs allow us to dwell on the most important scientific and aesthetic qualities of each bridge. In addition, Plowden has included original designs and drawings of structuressome unbuilt, gone, or dramatically alteredilluminating less obvious aspects of these engineering marvels and introducing us to bridges we otherwise would never have seen. In his extensive text, Plowden vividly records the discoveries, misconceptions, struggles, failures, and triumphs of the men who dedicated their energies to bridge design and construction.
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