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Author : John Prebble
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)
Download or read book The High Girders written by John Prebble and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Prebble
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1474616194
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)
Download or read book The High Girders written by John Prebble and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A tale of irresponsibility and inexperience' THE TIMES 'Graphically written with a sense of dramatic construction' SCOTSMAN On December 28th 1879, the night of the Great Storm, the Tay Bridge collapsed, along with the train that was crossing, and everyone on board... This is the true story of that disastrous night, told from multiple viewpoints: The station master waiting for the train to arrive - who sees the approaching lights simply vanish. The bored young boys watching from their bedroom window who witness the disaster. The dreamer who designed the bridge which eventually destroyed him. The old highlanders who professed the bridge doomed from the outset. The young woman on the ill-fated train, carrying a love letter from the man she hoped to marry... THE HIGH GIRDERS is a vivid, dramatic reconstruction of the ill-omened man-made catastrophe of the Tay Bridge disaster - and its grim aftermath.
Author : John Prebble
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)
Download or read book The High Girders written by John Prebble and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robin Lumley
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752499602
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)
Download or read book Tay Bridge Disaster written by Robin Lumley and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Sunday, 28 December 1879, the 5.27 mail and passenger train from Burntisland to Dundee went out across the world's longest bridge on a black, fierce night, only to be dashed to pieces in the River Tay as the bridge collapsed during one of the worst storms in Scottish history. The Tay Bridge Disaster remains to this day the worst catastrophic failure of a civil engineering structure in Britain – the land equivalent of the Titanic sinking. In this book, author Robin Lumley brings a poignant human perspective to the fateful night in 1879 that shook Britain and the world of engineering to their core and sent a nation into mourning for the seventy-five souls lost to the dark, freezing waters of the River Tay. Packed full of personal tales and offering technical appendices for those who wish to further their specialised knowledge, Tay Bridge Disaster: The People's Story is a must-read for anyone interested in this tragic event in Scottish and British history.
Author : Atorod Azizinamini
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)
Download or read book High Performance Materials in Bridges written by Atorod Azizinamini and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection contains 41 papers presented at the International Conference on High Performance Materials in Bridges, held in Kona, Hawaii, July 29-August 3, 2001.
Author : Jim Rasenberger
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061746754
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)
Download or read book High Steel written by Jim Rasenberger and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful first-hand account of the many generations and ethnic groups of men who have built America's skyscrapers. From the early days of steel construction in Chicago, through the great boom years of New York city ironwork, and up through the present, High Steel follows the trajectory of careers inextricably linked to both great accomplishment and catastrophic disaster. The personal stories reveal the lives of ironworkers and the dangers they face as they walk across the windswept, swaying summits of tomorrow's skyscrapers, balanced on steel girders sometimes only six inches wide. Rasenberger explores both the greatest accomplishments of ironwork—the vaulting bridges and towers that define America's skyline—and the deadliest disasters, such as the Quebec Bridge Collapse of 1907, when 75 ironworkers, including 33 Mohawk Indians, fell to their deaths. High Steel is an accessible, thrilling, and vertiginous portrait of the lives of some of our most brave yet unrecognized men.
Author : Peter Lewis
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752487639
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)
Download or read book Beautiful Railway Bridge written by Peter Lewis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 125 years ago, barely a year and a half after the Tay Railway Bridge was built, William McGonnagal composed his poem about the Tay Bridge Disaster, the poem about Britain's worst-ever civil engineering disaster. Over 80 people lost their lives in the fall of the Tay Bridge, but how did it happen? The accident reports say that high wind and poor construction were to blame, but Peter Lewis, an Open University engineering professor, tells the real story of how the bridge so spectacularly collapsed in December 1879.
Author : Bo Zaunders
Publisher : Dutton Juvenile
ISBN 13 : 9780525472841
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gargoyles, Girders, and Glass Houses written by Bo Zaunders and published by Dutton Juvenile. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the work of seven major builders of cathedrals, monuments, towers, and buildings spanning five centuries and six countries and includes the Eiffel Tower, Chrysler Building, the Brooklyn Bridge, and the Mosques of Sinan.
Author : Julio F. Davalos
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439877629
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)
Download or read book FRP Deck and Steel Girder Bridge Systems written by Julio F. Davalos and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) decks have been increasingly used for new construction and rehabilitation projects worldwide. The benefits of using FRP bridge decks, such as durability, light weight, high strength, reduced maintenance costs, and rapid installation, outweigh their initial in-place material costs when implemented in highway bridge pro
Author : John Burgman
Publisher : Triumph Books
ISBN 13 : 1641254092
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)
Download or read book High Drama written by John Burgman and published by Triumph Books. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One afternoon in 1987, two renegade climbers in Berkeley, California, hatched an ambitious plan: under the cover of darkness, they would rappel down from a carefully scouted highway on-ramp, gluing artificial handholds onto the load-bearing concrete pillars underneath. Equipped with ingenuity, strong adhesive, and an urban guerilla attitude, Jim Thornburg and Scott Frye created a serviceable climbing wall. But what they were part of was a greater development: the expansion and reimagining of a sport now slated for a highly anticipated Olympic debut in 2020. High Drama explores rock climbing's transformation from a pursuit of select anti-establishment vagabonds to a sport embraced by competitors of all ages, social classes, and backgrounds. Climbing magazine's John Burgman weaves a multi-layered story of traditionalists and opportunists, grassroots organizers and business-minded developers, free-spirited rebels and rigorously coached athletes.
