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Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover

Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover


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Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
 
Bridges Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature by David J. Brown Soft Cover
176 pages
Copyright 1998
By David J. Brown
Soft Cover
Explores 100 bridges around the world, from the beginning of time to the 21st century.
Features 300 illustrations, including superb colour photographs and specially commissioned artworks that reveal both traditional and innovated methods of constructions.
5 The Industrial Revolution 48
The Romans Reborn: Pontcysyllte, Wales 50
Spanning the Thames in Masonry: London, England 52 Replacing London Bridge, England 54
The First Rigid Suspension Bridges 56
The Menai Strait Bridge, Wales 58
The Grand Pont Suspendu, Fribourg, Switzerland 60
6 The Victorian Achievement 62
The Britannia Railway Bridge, Menai Strait, Wales 64 Brunel's Timber Viaducts, England 66
The Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, England 67 The Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, England 68
The Tay Bridge Disaster, Scotland 70
The Forth Rail Bridge, Scotland 72
Moving Bridges: Tower Bridge, London, England 74
7 New World, Old and New Ideas 76
American Railroads and Trusses 78
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Ohio River, U.S.A. 79 Crossing Niagara by Train, U.S.A. 80
James Eads and the St Louis Bridge, Mississippi, U.S.A. 82 The Brooklyn Bridge, New York, U.S.A. 84

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