Dreams of iron and steel : seven wonders of the nineteenth century, from the building of the London sewers to the Panama Canal / Deborah Cadbury.

Dreams of iron and steel : seven wonders of the nineteenth century, from the building of the London sewers to the Panama Canal /

A world that had changed little from the Middle Ages was altered beyond recognition by the engineering genius of the nineteenth century: rivers tamed, oceans pacified, continents bridged. In Dreams of Iron and Steel, acclaimed historian Deborah Cadbury tells the heroic tale of the visionaries and or...

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Main Author: Cadbury, Deborah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Fourth Estate, 2004.
Edition:1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Great Eastern (Steamship) > Design and construction.
Bell Rock Lighthouse (Scotland) > Design and construction.
Engineering > History > 19th century.
Civil engineering > History > 19th century.
Industrial revolution.
History, Modern > 19th century.
Civilization, Modern > 19th century.
Sewerage > England > London > Design and construction.
Railroad engineering > United States > History > 19th century.
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) > Design and construction.
Panama Canal (Panama) > Design and construction.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) > Design and construction.

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Call Number: 909.81 .C24 2004
909.81 .C24 2004 Available

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