The New York and Brooklyn Bridge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The New York and Brooklyn Bridge write by Alfred C. Barnes. This book was released on 1883. The New York and Brooklyn Bridge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An Illustrated History, with Images in 3D
Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An Illustrated History, with Images in 3D - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An Illustrated History, with Images in 3D write by Jeffrey I. Richman. This book was released on 2021-09-24. Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An Illustrated History, with Images in 3D available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Building the Brooklyn Bridge reminds us of the historic importance of this iconic bridge that was once considered the eighth wonder of the world. It opened up development across the East River and made travel between the two independent cities of Brooklyn and New York quicker and more reliable; especially once the bridge railway was fully operational in September 1883, four months after the bridge's opening. Historian Jeffrey Richman describes in engaging detail how the Brooklyn Bridge was built over fourteen years and clearly explains the function of each of its parts, from the anchorages to the massive cables. The story of the construction is also told through 255 remarkable images, many never before published, including 44 images in 3D, specially created for this book. These historic photographs, woodcuts, color lithographs, and engineering drawings take us back in time to when all of America, and much of the world, watched with excitement as a singular bridge of unprecedented size and technology was built over one of the busiest waterways in the world. The book illuminates long-forgotten details and presents the bridge as the engineering marvel that it is-one that still elicits awe and admiration. This is an incredible journey back in time to when all of America-and much of the world-excitedly watched as the Brooklyn Bridge was being built. Reading the book will be a real treat to anyone who has ever stepped onto this beloved icon and been moved by its majesty. A pair of 3D glasses is included with every copy of the book.
Chief Engineer
Chief Engineer - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Chief Engineer write by Erica Wagner. This book was released on 2017-06-27. Chief Engineer available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A welcome tribute to the persistence, precision and humanity of Washington Roebling and a love-song for the mighty New York bridge he built.” - The Wall Street Journal Chief Engineer is the first full biography of a crucial figure in the American story--Washington Roebling, builder of the Brooklyn Bridge. One of America's most iconic and recognizable structures, the Brooklyn Bridge is as much a part of New York as the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. Yet its distinguished builder is too often forgotten--and his life is of interest far beyond his chosen field. It is the story of immigrants, the frontier, the Civil War, the making of the modern world, and a man whose life modeled courage in the face of extreme adversity. Chief Engineer is enriched by Roebling's own eloquent voice, unveiled in his recently discovered memoir, previously thought lost to history. The memoir reveals that his father, John-a renowned engineer who came to America after humble beginnings in Germany-was a tyrannical presence in Roebling's life. It also documents Roebling's time as a young man in the Union Army, where he built bridges to carry soldiers across rivers and fought in pivotal battles from Antietam to Gettysburg. He then married the remarkable Emily Warren Roebling, who played a crucial role in the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, Roebling's grandest achievement-but by no means the only one. Elegantly written with a compelling narrative sweep, Chief Engineer introduces Washington Roebling and his era to a new generation of readers.
The Bridges of New York
The Bridges of New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Bridges of New York write by Sharon Reier. This book was released on 2012-06-14. The Bridges of New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Stirring text-and-picture tribute to over 75 New York City bridges — among them the Brooklyn Bridge, Throgs Neck, Verrazano Narrows, Whitestone, George Washington, and other splendid structures.
Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Brooklyn Bridge write by Lynn Curlee. This book was released on 2001-05. Brooklyn Bridge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "It so happens that the work which is likely to be our most durable monument, and to convey some knowledge of us to the most remote posterity, is a work of bare utility; not a shrine, not a fortress, but a bridge." So wrote one architectural critic of the Brooklyn Bridge, one of the grandest and most eloquent monuments to the American spirit that our country has produced. Its magnificent site, breathtaking span, cutting-edge technology, and sheer beauty have made it the subject of poems, paintings, photographs, novels, plays, and movies. Beneath the Brooklyn Bridge's triumphant arches lie astonishing tales of death, deception, genius, and daring. Over the fourteen-year course of its construction, there were many deaths, including that of John A. Roebling, designer and chief engineer; an underwater fire; and even fraud. Finally, though, the bridge was finished, and as part of the opening day festivities, the president, and two mayors crossed it. In this stunning visual history, Lynn Curlee tells the fascinating story of the history and construction of the "Eighth Wonder of the World."
