Building Tunnels

Author : Donna Latham
Publisher : Nomad Press (VT)
ISBN 13 : 9781936749522
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bridges and Tunnels written by Donna Latham and published by Nomad Press (VT). This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces engineering concepts through twenty-five simple experiments that involve building several bridge and tunnel models.

Author : Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher : Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 1502606011
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Tunnels written by Rebecca Stefoff and published by Cavendish Square Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tunnels allow people to cut through tall mountains or even travel deep underwater. Discover the engineering behind tunnels.

Author : Samantha S. Bell
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1635174538
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Building Tunnels written by Samantha S. Bell and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the engineering challenges behind building tunnels, as well as the creative solutions found to overcome those challenges. Accessible text, vibrant photos, and an engineering activity for readers provide a well-rounded introduction to the engineering process.

Author : Vicky Franchino
Publisher : Cherry Lake
ISBN 13 : 1602796912
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Did They Build That? Tunnel written by Vicky Franchino and published by Cherry Lake. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title discusses how tunnels are built, from planning and excavation to construction to site design.

Author : Jill Jonnes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781437966633
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic written by Jill Jonnes and published by . This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the 19th cent. ends, PA Railroad pres. Alexander Cassatt seeks some way -- other than fleets of ferries from N.J. -- to bring the PRR¿s millions of passengers into water-locked Gotham. By 1901 the PRR will build a monumental system of electrified tunnels under the Hudson River, Manhattan, and the East River to Long Island, capping them with the crown jewel of PA Station. And so begins a high-stakes Gilded Age drama pitting the nation¿s greatest corp. against the forces of Tammany N.Y. This narrative brings to life the feats of politicking and engineering that forever changed N.Y.¿s physical and psychological geography. In late 1910, PA Station, Charles McKim¿s great Doric temple to transportation, opens in all its magnificence. Photos.

Author : Stephen R. Little
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1452067716
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tunnels, Nitro and Convicts written by Stephen R. Little and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Still suffering the devastation of the Civil war that ended only ten years earlier, North Carolina shipped prison inmates from Raleigh to build the Mountain Division of the western North Carolina railroad. Some amazing and astonishing events occurred from 1875 through 1879 as this mountain railroad (3 miles straight-line distance, requiring 9+ miles of track) was pushed up the eastern continental divide. Six tunnels were excavated, from 89 to 1,800 feet long, each 15 feet tall. For open cuts, solid rock was cracked by dousing cold mountain water on roaring fires. The first use in the southeastern U.S. of a new product called Nobel's Blasting Oil (now called nitroglycerin!) was on the project. It was mixed with sawdust and corn meal, making nitroglycerin mash. A very heavy wood-burning locomotive was picked up off the tracks by the convicts and pushed several miles overland to the top of the mountain to help dig out the longest tunnel. The most common tool used was a flat rock held in the strong hands of the convicts to dig and spread dirt as they prepared the flat path needed to lay crossties for the rails. Tunnels, Nitro and Convicts condenses the incredible history of the most ambitious earth-moving, mountain-conquering project in the United States as of the 1870s into an engaging, easy-to-read story. The fascinating and compelling intertwining of long dark caves, blasting and cracking of massive rocks, the first use of nitroglycerin in the southeastern United States, and pushing a big locomotive several miles through the woods up a mountain ... all by hundreds of convicts who worked under severe conditions with the most basic tools ... makes this true account of post-civil war railroad history a story you must read!

Author : KrishnanR.
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351406671
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tunnels and Underground Structures: Proceedings Tunnels & Underground Structures, Singapore 2000 written by KrishnanR. and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-02 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text describes topics discussed at the conference, including: tunnelling and construction in soft ground and rocks; geological investigations; tunnelling machines; planning for underground infrastructure; safety issues and environmental and social aspects of underground development.

Author : Angus Kress Gillespie
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 0813550831
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossing Under the Hudson written by Angus Kress Gillespie and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crossing Under the Hudson takes a fresh look at the planning and construction of two key links in the transportation infrastructure of New York and New Jersey--the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels. Writing in an accessible style that incorporates historical accounts with a lively and entertaining approach, Angus Kress Gillespie explores these two monumental works of civil engineering and the public who embraced them. He describes and analyzes the building of the tunnels, introduces readers to the people who worked there--then and now--and places the structures into a meaningful cultural context with the music, art, literature, and motion pictures that these tunnels, engineering marvels of their day, have inspired over the years. Today, when new concerns about global terrorism may trump bouts of simple tunnel tension, Gillespie's Crossing Under the Hudson continues to cast a light at the end of the Holland and Lincoln Tunnels.

Author : Richard Lunniss
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 020384842X
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Immersed Tunnels written by Richard Lunniss and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-03-04 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Immersed tunnels have been around for more than a century but remain a relatively unknown form of tunnel construction. For waterway crossings they are an effective alternative to bored tunnels and bridges, particularly in shallower waters, soft alluvial soils, and earthquake-prone areas. Successful implementation requires a thorough understanding o

Author : Arsenio Negro (Jr.)
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
ISBN 13 : 9789054109372
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Tunnels and Metropolises written by Arsenio Negro (Jr.) and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 1998 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: