Bridges : three thousand years of defying nature / David J. Brown.

Main entry:

Brown, David J. (David Jolyon), 1946-

Title & Author:

Bridges : three thousand years of defying nature / David J. Brown.

Publication:

Description:

176 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-171) and index.
Origins -- The Ancient World -- "Sur le Pont d'Avignon" -- Renaissance to Enlightenment -- The Industrial Revolution -- The Victorian achievement -- New World, old and new ideas -- The many shapes of 20th-Century steel -- Steel suspension bridges -- The coming of concrete -- Cable-stayed bridges -- The state-of-the-art -- The future.

Summary:

Relates the history, drama and technological achievement of bridge construction, with over 100 examples illustrated with photographs from around the world. All the major types of bridge are explained and discussed including beam, arch, cantilever, suspension, movable and cable-stayed.

ISBN:

1857321634
9781857321630
9780025174559
002517455X

Subject:

Bridges.
Ponts.
bridges (built works)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 99609
Call No.: ID TG147.5.B2; ID:94-B1035
Status: Available

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