Rails across the mississippi: a history of the st. louis bridge
Auteur :
Jackson, Robert W.
Éditeur :
University of Illinois Press
ISBN :
9780252074097
Date de publication :
29 déc. 2006
Dimensions :
25,4 x 17,8 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
594 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
A tale of grand dreams, shady politics, daring engineering experiments, greed, ambition, and westward expansion. It documents 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 known as the Eads Bridge.