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- catalog abstract "From the earliest surviving stone bridges and romantic wooden covered bridges to the monumental Brooklyn and Golden Gate suspension spans, here is American grace and strength at its best. Landmark American Bridges is a visual feast documenting American progress and illustrating the history of bridge building, transportation, and engineering. Organized chronologically, Landmark American Bridges includes five sections: Turnpike, Canal, and Railroad Bridges of the pre-Civil. War Era; Civil War Era Metal Truss Bridges; Era of the American Standard Bridge; Great River Crossings; and Modern Developments. The photographs have been selected from more than 900 bridges documented in the collection of the Historic American Engineering Record. Also included are a listing of historic bridges and a time line which highlights significant events in the evolution of world bridge building. Few structures define the American experience, landscape, and. Spirit as well as bridges. They symbolize pioneering, inventive entrepreneurship while giving definition to cities and character to the countryside. America's landmark bridges evoke a proud heritage of beauty, utility, and technological inspiration and foretell a future of accomplishment and engineering innovation.".
- catalog contributor b5030508.
- catalog contributor b5030509.
- catalog created "c1993.".
- catalog date "1993".
- catalog date "c1993.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1993.".
- catalog description "From the earliest surviving stone bridges and romantic wooden covered bridges to the monumental Brooklyn and Golden Gate suspension spans, here is American grace and strength at its best. Landmark American Bridges is a visual feast documenting American progress and illustrating the history of bridge building, transportation, and engineering. Organized chronologically, Landmark American Bridges includes five sections: Turnpike, Canal, and Railroad Bridges of the pre-Civil.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 151) and index.".
- catalog description "Spirit as well as bridges. They symbolize pioneering, inventive entrepreneurship while giving definition to cities and character to the countryside. America's landmark bridges evoke a proud heritage of beauty, utility, and technological inspiration and foretell a future of accomplishment and engineering innovation.".
- catalog description "War Era; Civil War Era Metal Truss Bridges; Era of the American Standard Bridge; Great River Crossings; and Modern Developments. The photographs have been selected from more than 900 bridges documented in the collection of the Historic American Engineering Record. Also included are a listing of historic bridges and a time line which highlights significant events in the evolution of world bridge building. Few structures define the American experience, landscape, and.".
- catalog extent "viii, 152 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0821220365 (Bulfinch Press)".
- catalog identifier "0872628574 (ASCE)".
- catalog issued "1993".
- catalog issued "c1993.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : American Society ofCivil Engineers,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "624/.2/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Bridges United States Pictorial works.".
- catalog subject "Bridges United States.".
- catalog subject "Historic bridges United States.".
- catalog subject "TG23 .L36 1993".
- catalog title "Landmark American bridges / [edited by] Eric DeLony.".
- catalog type "Pictorial works. fast".
- catalog type "text".