Rails across the Mississippi: A HISTORY OF THE ST. LOUIS BRIDGE
Author:   Robert W. Jackson
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780252074097


Pages:   312
Publication Date:   29 December 2006
Format:   Paperback
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The story of the visionary drive that created an engineering marvel

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Author:   Robert W. Jackson
Publisher:   University of Illinois Press
Imprint:   University of Illinois Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9780252074097


ISBN 10:   0252074092
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   29 December 2006
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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[The Eads Bridge ] has long been recognized as one of the outstanding civil engineering accomplishments of 19th-century America...Jackson portrays Eads as an eccentric engineer with a dominating personality who was concerned more with building a unique and enduring monument than with keeping costs down and insuring timely completion and profitability. The research is thorough, the writing excellent. Choice


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Robert W. Jackson is an urban planner and historian who has worked for the National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record, and on documentation projects in Iowa, Pennsylvania, and Texas.

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