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• catalog abstract "This book reveals the story behind the era of American bridge building, from the 1870s to the 1930s, looking at the engineers who designed them and the professional, economic, political, and personal conflicts that occurred in the course of the bridges being built. In this book, Henry Petroski contemplates bridges. The great era of American bridge building - which from the 1870s through the 1930s gave us such landmarks as the Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, the Hell Gate Bridge across the East River, the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson, and the Golden Gate Bridge at the mouth of San Francisco Bay - called for a special breed of engineer: equal parts dreamer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Since the building of any bridge is necessarily a collaborative effort, engineers of dissimilar philosophies and all-too-similar egos were thrown together on project after project, making for an ongoing, interwoven human and technological drama, including triumphs and ignominious disasters (including that of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which literally twisted itself apart in a high wind). The author helps us see how bridges became the 'symbols and souls' of our civilization, as well as testaments to their builders' vision, ingenuity, and perserverance. -- from Publisher Description.".
• catalog contributor b10620177.
• catalog created "1996, c1995.".
• catalog date "1996".
• catalog date "1996, c1995.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1996, c1995.".
• catalog description "Imagine -- Eads -- Cooper -- Lindenthal -- Ammann -- Steinman -- Realize.".
• catalog description "In this book, Henry Petroski contemplates bridges. The great era of American bridge building - which from the 1870s through the 1930s gave us such landmarks as the Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, the Hell Gate Bridge across the East River, the George Washington Bridge across the Hudson, and the Golden Gate Bridge at the mouth of San Francisco Bay - called for a special breed of engineer: equal parts dreamer, inventor, and entrepreneur. Since the building of any bridge is necessarily a collaborative effort, engineers of dissimilar philosophies and all-too-similar egos were thrown together on project after project, making for an ongoing, interwoven human and technological drama, including triumphs and ignominious disasters (including that of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, which literally twisted itself apart in a high wind). The author helps us see how bridges became the 'symbols and souls' of our civilization, as well as testaments to their builders' vision, ingenuity, and perserverance. -- from Publisher Description.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [429]-449) and index.".
• catalog description "This book reveals the story behind the era of American bridge building, from the 1870s to the 1930s, looking at the engineers who designed them and the professional, economic, political, and personal conflicts that occurred in the course of the bridges being built.".
• catalog extent "xii, 479 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0679760210".
• catalog issued "1996".
• catalog issued "1996, c1995.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "New York : Vintage Books,".
• catalog spatial "United States".
• catalog spatial "Washington (State) Tacoma".
• catalog subject "Bridge failures Washington (State) Tacoma 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Bridges Design and construction.".
• catalog subject "Bridges United States History 19th century.".
• catalog subject "Bridges United States History 20th century.".
• catalog subject "Civil engineers United States Biography.".
• catalog subject "TG23 .P47 1996".
• catalog tableOfContents "Imagine -- Eads -- Cooper -- Lindenthal -- Ammann -- Steinman -- Realize.".
• catalog title "Engineers of dreams : great bridge builders and the spanning of America / Henry Petroski.".
• catalog type "Biography. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".