The Worlds Most Amazing Bridges

Author : Michael Hurley
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 141094249X
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World's Most Amazing Bridges written by Michael Hurley and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles ten of the world's most distinctive bridges.

Author : Chris Peacock
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
ISBN 13 : 1849893861
Total Pages : 29 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 10 Amazing Bridges written by Chris Peacock and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This quick-read guide introduces the reader to ten of the most amazing bridges in the world. Including photographs of every bridge and a brief description of the history of the structure, this ebook has been specially formatted for today's e-readers.

Author : David Blockley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199645728
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bridges written by David Blockley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridges are remarkable structures. Often vast, immense, and sometimes beautiful, they can be icons of cities. David Blockley explains how to read a bridge, how they stand up, and how engineers design them to be so strong. He examines the engineering problems posed by bridges, and considers their cultural, aesthetic, and historical importance.

Author : Judith Dupré
Publisher : Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN 13 : 0316473804
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bridges written by Judith Dupré and published by Black Dog & Leventhal. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times best-selling author Judith Dupréomes a revised and updated edition of Bridges, her magnificent chronological tour of the world's most significant and eye-popping spans. Covering thousands of years of architectural history, each bridge is gorgeously photographed "elevating the landmarks from mode of transportation to works of art" (Bustle). Technological advances, structural daring, and artistic vision have propelled the evolution of bridge design around the world. This visual history of the world's landmark bridges has been thoroughly revised andupdated since its initial publication twenty-five years ago, and now showcases well-known classics as well as modern innovators. Bridges featured include: The Brooklyn Bridge (New York) Dany and-Kunshan Grand Bridge (China) Gateshead Millennium Bridge (England) The Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco) Zakim Bridge (Boston) Including all-new photographs and the latest cutting edgework from today's international superstars of architecture and engineering, Bridges covers two-thousand years of technological and aesthetic triumphs, making it the most thorough, authoritative, and gorgeous book on the subject-as dramatic in presentation as the structures it celebrates. Breathtaking photographs capture the bridges' details as well as their monumental scale; architectural drawings and plans invite you behind the scenes as new bridges take shape; and lively commentary on each structure explores its importance and places it in historical context. Throughout, informative profiles, features, and statistics make Bridges an invaluable reference as well as a visual feast.

Author : Ann Weil
Publisher : Capstone Global Library Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781406227611
Total Pages : 5 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Landmark Top Tens written by Ann Weil and published by Capstone Global Library Limited. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the worlds most fascinating landmarks in this riveting series. You will learn about mysterious lost cities, ancient pyramids and the civilisations that built them, beautiful palaces and scary castles, and much more Put on your adventurer clothes and prepare for an exciting trip around the world

Author : Rubicon (Various Authors)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781442513242
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ten: Most Amazing Bridges (Topic written by Rubicon (Various Authors) and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sonya Newland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 1474775500
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Extraordinary Bridges written by Sonya Newland and published by . This book was released on 2019-02-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us go over bridges without giving them a second thought. But some bridges are engineering wonders and are extraordinary to behold. Put on your hard hat and go behind the scenes to find out how and why some of the world's most famous bridges were built. Explore the design, construction and engineering processes that went into creating some of these marvellous bridges. Extraordinary Bridges will leave you with a better understanding and a greater appreciation of these amazing structures.

Author : Terry E. Miller
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462914209
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book America's Covered Bridges written by Terry E. Miller and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As many as 15,000 covered bridges were built in North America over the past 200 years. Fewer than 1,000 remain. In America's Covered Bridges, authors Terry E. Miller and Ronald G. Knapp tell the fascinating story of these bridges, how they were built, the technological breakthroughs required to construct them and above all the dedication and skill of their builders. Each wooden bridge, whether still standing or long gone, has a story to tell about the nature of America at the time—not only about its transportational needs, but the availability of materials and the technological prowess of the people who built it. Illustrated with some 550 historical and contemporary photos, paintings, and technical drawings of nearly 400 different covered bridges, America's Covered Bridges offers five readable chapters on the history, design and fate of America's covered bridges, plus related bridges in Canada. Most of the contemporary photography is by master photographer A. Chester Ong of Hong Kong. 55 photo essays on the most iconic bridges including: Cornish-Windsor Bridge between Vermont and New Hampshire Porter-Parsonsfield Bridge, Maine East Paden and West Paden (Twin Bridges), Pennsylvania Philippi Bridge, West Virginia Hortons Mill Bridge, Alabama Medora Bridge, Indiana Rock Mill Bridge, Ohio Knight's Ferry Bridge, California Perrault Bridge, Quebec, Canada Hartland Bridge, New Brunswick, Canada Over time, wooden bridges eventually gave way to ones made of iron, steel and concrete. An American icon, many covered bridges became obsolete and were replaced—others simply decayed and collapsed. Many more were swept away by natural disasters and fires. America's Covered Bridges is absolutely packed with fascinating stories and information passionately told by two leading experts on this subject. The book will be of tremendous interest to anyone interested in American history, carpentry and technological change.

Author : Judith Dupré
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783829004084
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bridges written by Judith Dupré and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by the same author/designer team who produced "Skyscrapers", this book is a spectacle of stone, steel, wood and concrete portrayed in a unique and imposing size--page spreads open up to a full yard. All the world's great bridges are dazzlingly presented and described, from the ancient Roman Pont du Gard to London's Tower Bridge, the Golden Gate Bridge, and the Tsing Ma Suspension Bridge in Hong Kong. 200 photos.

Author : Patrick T. McBriarty
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252097254
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicago River Bridges written by Patrick T. McBriarty and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago River Bridgespresents the untold history and development of Chicago's iconic bridges, from the first wood footbridge built by a tavern owner in 1832 to the fantastic marvels of steel, concrete, and machinery of today. It is the story of Chicago as seen through its bridges, for it has been the bridges that proved critical in connecting and reconnecting the people, industry, and neighborhoods of a city that is constantly remaking itself. In this book, author Patrick T. McBriarty shows how generations of Chicagoans built (and rebuilt) the thriving city trisected by the Chicago River and linked by its many crossings. This comprehensive guidebook chronicles more than 175 bridges spanning 55 locations along the Main Channel, South Branch, and North Branch of the Chicago River. With new full-color photography of existing bridges and more than one hundred black and white images of bridges past, the book unearths the rich history of Chicago's downtown bridges from the Michigan Avenue Bridge to the often forgotten bridges that once connected thoroughfares such as Rush, Erie, Taylor, and Polk Streets. Throughout, McBriarty delivers new research into the bridges' architectural designs, engineering innovations, and their impact on Chicagoans' daily lives, explaining how the dominance of the "Chicago-style" bascule drawbridge influenced the style and mechanics of bridges worldwide. Interspersed throughout are the human dramas that played out on and around the bridges, such as the floods of 1849 and 1992, the cattle crossing collapse of the Rush Street Bridge, or Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci's Michigan Avenue Bridge jump. A confluence of Chicago history, urban design, and engineering lore, Chicago River Bridges illustrates Chicago's significant contribution to drawbridge innovation and the city's emergence as the drawbridge capital of the world.