Voyaging the world's civil engineering wonders
Laverick, John2017
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John Laverick gives an insight into the exciting world of civil engineering, via fourteen individual case studies. Originally crafted as a successful series of lectures, their overwhelmingly glowing reception is testament to the global significance of the stories chosen, across three continents and three centuries. 'A Voyage Through The World Of Civil Engineering' considers world ship canals including Panama and Suez, floating concepts such as the concrete Mulberry harbours, the world's only rotating ship lift at Falkirk, a manmade island in the Baltic linking the crossings between two countries, the infrastructure of the rock at Gibraltar, the journey from Brunel's GWR to the ambitious restoration of the Wilts & Berks Canal, and the early steamships of the Cunard and P&O lines.
Main title:
Voyaging the world's civil engineering wonders / John Laverick.
Author:
Laverick, John, author
Imprint:
Stroud : The History Press, 2017.
Collation:
192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN:
9780750984362 (hbk)
Dewey class:
624
LC class:
TA145
Language:
English
BRN:
2117314