Book ID: CBB000110053

Six Bridges: The Legacy of Othmar H. Ammann (2000)

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Rastorfer, Darl (Author)


Yale University Press


Publication Date: 2000
Physical Details: x + 188 pp., frontis., illus., bibl., index
Language: English

Description Swiss-born engineer who built bridges in New York City beginning in the 1920s.


Citation URI
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Authors & Contributors
Billington, David P., Jr.
Barpi, Fabrizio
Carlat, Louis
Collins, Theresa M.
Cudahy, Brian J.
Deakin, Michael A. B.
Journals
American Historical Review
American Quarterly
International Journal for the History of Engineering and Technology
Journal of Social History
Technology and Culture
Publishers
Johns Hopkins University Press
Princeton University Press
New York University
Ashgate
Fordham University Press
Rutgers University Press
Concepts
Technology
Bridges
Civil engineering
African Americans
Public health
Social sciences
People
Ammann, Othmar
Boas, Franz
Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Du Bois, William Edward B.
Wilgus, William J.
Edison, Thomas Alva
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
20th century
21st century
Gilded Age (1870s-1900)
Places
United States
New York City (New York, U.S.)
New York (U.S.)
Great Britain
Australia
Philadelphia, PA
Institutions
Pennsylvania Railroad
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