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Rails across the Mississippi A HISTORY OF THE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE

Hoofdkenmerken

Auteur:	Jackson, Robert W.
Titel:	Rails across the Mississippi A HISTORY OF THE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE
Uitgever:	University of Illinois Press
ISBN:	9780252074097
Land van oorsprong:	United States
Prijs:	€ 24.30
Verschijningsdatum:	29-12-2006
Bericht:	Langere levertijd (2-3 weken)

Inhoudelijke kenmerken

Categorie:	Bridges
Geogr.gebied:	Mississippi
Periode:	c 1800 to c 1900
Geillustreerd:	44 photographs
Dewey code:	624.20977866

Technische kenmerken

Verschijningsvorm:	Paperback / softback
Paginas:	312
Hoogte mm.:	171
Breedte mm.:	245
Dikte mm.:	15
Gewicht gr.:	606

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A tale of grand dreams, shady politics, daring engineering experiments, greed, ambition, and westward expansion. It documents the planning, financing, and construction of the first bridge across the Mississippi River at St Louis, a national engineering landmark completed in 1874 that is known as the Eads Bridge.