Main entry:

Jackson, Robert W. (Robert Wendell), 1950-

Title & Author:

Rails across the Mississippi : a history of the St. Louis bridge / Robert W. Jackson.

Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001.

Description:

ix, 265 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. A Creature of Hope -- 2. Destined to Become -- 3. Other People's Money -- 4. Mongrel Structures -- 5. Fighting for It Still -- 6. The Center of the World -- 7. The Great Bugbear -- 8. The Grecian Bend -- 9. Golden Eggs -- 10. Untried Methods -- 11. Proper Facilities -- 12. A Little Mixture of Conciliation -- 13. The Elements of Commercial Supremacy -- 14. The Texas Trade -- 15. Honor at the Stake -- 16. Capital and Influence -- 17. The Consummation So Devoutly Wished For -- 18. Stately Pomp and Ceremony -- 19. The Elements of a Great City.

Summary:

"A tale of grand dreams, shady politics, daring engineering experiments, greed, ambition, and westward expansion, Rails across the Mississippi is the first book-length history since 1881 to document 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 now known as the Eads Bridge. Robert W. Jackson takes a fresh look at this monumental project, dispersing the myths and filling in the gaps left by earlier scholarship."--Jacket.

Resources:
Table of contents
Table of contents

ISBN:

0252026802
9780252026805

Subject:

Bridges Mississippi River.
Bridges.
Eads Bridge (Saint Louis, Mo.)
Mississippi River.
Missouri Saint Louis Eads Bridge.
Saint Louis <Mo.> Eads Bridge.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 223132
Call No.: TR140 .E11 J3 2001
Status: Available