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Landmarks on the Iron Road: Two Centuries of North American Railroad Engineering (Railroads Past and Present)

Name: Landmarks on the Iron Road: Two Centuries of North American Railroad Engineering (Railroads Past and Present)
Brand: Indiana University Press
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hardcover – January 1, 1999

by Middleton, William D.

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ISBN-13: 9780253335593 ISBN-10: 0253335590

Publisher

Indiana University Press

Binding

hardcover

Published

January 1, 1999

Weight

2.9 lbs

Dimensions

28.70×2.60×22.30 cm

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Landmarks on the Iron Road: Two Centuries of North American Railroad Engineering (Railroads Past and Present) by Middleton, William D.. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780253335593.

American civil engineers were unsurpassed in their ability to buildrailroads over great distances and across high mountain passes, to erect greatbridges, or to bore tunnels of prodigious length. This is a remarkable story of theapplication of engineering to the building of a transportation system that civilizedand settled America, and then supported an industrial revolution and created a worldpower.