Landmarks on the Iron Road : Two Centuries of North American Railroad Engineering (Railroads Past and Present)

Middleton, William D.

Indiana Univ Pr（2011/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 194 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780253223609
• DDC分類 625.100973

Full Description

American civil engineers were unsurpassed in their ability to build railroads over great distances and across high mountain passes, to erect great bridges, or to bore tunnels of prodigious length. This is a remarkable story of the application of engineering to the building of a transportation system that civilized and settled America, and then supported an industrial revolution and created a world power.

Contents

PrefaceChapter 1 - Across the WatersChapter 2 - Across Great MountainsChapter 3 - Railroads Below GroundChapter 4 - Yards, Docks and TerminalsChapter 5 - Lost LandmarksBibliography