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- catalog abstract ""It is a remarkable story: the building of a transportation system that civilized and settled America, and then supported an industrial revolution and created a world power." "This is also the story of the development of the new profession of civil engineering in the nineteenth century. Our engineers were schooled at West Point, the technical schools in Europe, or technical institutes in America, while some were self-taught: these early practitioners soon acquired the skills needed for the construction of railroads that could be rapidly and economically built. The needs of the railroads changed bridge design from a trial-and-error art to a science, fathered modern structural-engineering practices, and advanced the development of structural materials." "This book, for the first time, calls adequate attention to the physical plant over which railroads operate - the roadbeds, tracks, bridges, and tunnels, subjects that are often taken for granted. It is a book no rail fan or student of engineering can be without."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11359600.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""It is a remarkable story: the building of a transportation system that civilized and settled America, and then supported an industrial revolution and created a world power." "This is also the story of the development of the new profession of civil engineering in the nineteenth century. Our engineers were schooled at West Point, the technical schools in Europe, or technical institutes in America, while some were self-taught: these early practitioners soon acquired the skills needed for the construction of railroads that could be rapidly and economically built. The needs of the railroads changed bridge design from a trial-and-error art to a science, fathered modern structural-engineering practices, and advanced the development of structural materials." "This book, for the first time, calls adequate attention to the physical plant over which railroads operate - the roadbeds, tracks, bridges, and tunnels, subjects that are often taken for granted. It is a book no rail fan or student of engineering can be without."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Across the waters -- Across great mountains -- Railroads below ground -- Yards, docks and terminals -- Lost landmarks.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-190) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 194 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0253335590 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Railroads past and present".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Bloomington : Indiana University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "625.1/00973 21".
- catalog subject "Railroad engineering History.".
- catalog subject "Railroads United States History.".
- catalog subject "TF23 .M52 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "Across the waters -- Across great mountains -- Railroads below ground -- Yards, docks and terminals -- Lost landmarks.".
- catalog title "Landmarks on the iron road : two centuries of North American railroad engineering / William D. Middleton.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".