Hoover Dam, the Erie Canal, the steel mills of Pittsburgh -- America's contributions to industry and technology are among our finest achievements. This book, the only comprehensive illustrated history of American industrial architecture and civil engineering from the 18th to 20th centuries, is an invaluable record of a key aspect of our heritage -- and a proud testament to American ingenuity. The lively, informative text is illustrated with compelling photographs, both historic and contemporary, most from the impressive ...
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Hoover Dam, the Erie Canal, the steel mills of Pittsburgh -- America's contributions to industry and technology are among our finest achievements. This book, the only comprehensive illustrated history of American industrial architecture and civil engineering from the 18th to 20th centuries, is an invaluable record of a key aspect of our heritage -- and a proud testament to American ingenuity. The lively, informative text is illustrated with compelling photographs, both historic and contemporary, most from the impressive collection of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) of the National Park Service. Among the sites featured are the early factories and textile mills of Paterson, New Jersey, and Lowell, Massachusetts, where the American Industrial Revolution began; the innovative River Rouge automobile plant in Dearborn, Michigan; the Sloss Iron Furnaces of Birmingham, Alabama, center of the cast-iron industry; and all types of bridges, from covered wooden structures to the great Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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Very Good/Very Good. . Hardcover, very good condition, w. v. ltly slanted, ltly compressed sp, ltly bumped corners. V. ltly tanned p. edges. Dj very good, ltly rubbed, a few lt marks. Sme lt wear at fr flap edge. V. ltly bumped corners. In new mylar Brodart jacket.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 4to 11"-13" tall; 287 pages; Book Tight, Dust Jacket shows little sign of usage Text is clean no markings seen Illustrated Black & White Photos; BX218.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 287 pages, profusely illustrated with b&w photographs. "This book, the only comprehensive illustrated study of American industiral architecture and civil engineering from the mid-eighteenth century to World War II, is a valuable document of this important aspect of our heritage and a testament to American technology and inguinity." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET, remainder mark present on the lower page edge.
