Wonders of engineering /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hawks, Ellison
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Methuen & co. ltd., [1929]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Wonderful bridges of timber, stone and steel
  • The Quebec bridge-an engineering triumph
  • Some wonderful docks
  • Fighting the sea with harbours and breakwaters
  • Wonderful block-setting cranes
  • Irrigating the desert
  • Harnessing Niagara Falls
  • Some wonderful canals
  • The story of the Panama canal
  • Tunnelling under mountains and rivers
  • Some wonderful tunnels.