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Bridges: A Postcard History
Geoffrey H. Goldberg
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Description for Bridges: A Postcard History
Num Pages: 208 pages, 480+ color & b/w images. BIC Classification: TNCJ; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1378.
Take a tour through time and learn about the exciting engineering developments that allowed the primitive bridges of ancient man evolve to the masterworks of today. This unique treatment, showing the large variety of bridge forms, is illustrated with postcards, archival photographs, and technical drawings and diagrams. These detailed images show stone arch, suspension, movable, and many more bridges. Laymen and engineers alike are certain to come away with a better understanding of the role of bridges in our built environment from the expert explanations of bridge types, materials, and construction to amusing anecdotes associated with these structures. Landmark bridges, ... Read more
Take a tour through time and learn about the exciting engineering developments that allowed the primitive bridges of ancient man evolve to the masterworks of today. This unique treatment, showing the large variety of bridge forms, is illustrated with postcards, archival photographs, and technical drawings and diagrams. These detailed images show stone arch, suspension, movable, and many more bridges. Laymen and engineers alike are certain to come away with a better understanding of the role of bridges in our built environment from the expert explanations of bridge types, materials, and construction to amusing anecdotes associated with these structures. Landmark bridges, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764337925
SKU
V9780764337925
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99-2
About Geoffrey H. Goldberg
Geoffrey Goldberg works as a bridge engineer in the "City of Bridges," Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Ashley Rooney has written numerous postcard-illustrated histories, as well as fourteen architectural books, and several books about regional ghost stories.
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