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The great bridge

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Summary

A detailed account of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge providing background on its engineering history as well as the political and social climate of the late-nineteenth century.

Contents
The plan -- Man of iron -- The genuine language of America -- Father and son -- Brooklyn -- The proper person to see -- The chief engineer -- All according to plan -- Down in the caisson -- Fire -- The past catches up -- How natural, right and pro... Read more
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Description
636 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher
Simon and Schuster 1982

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 624.5 MCC in Adult Non-fiction Available

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