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Great projects : the epic story of the building of America : from the taming of the Mississippi to the invention of the Internet /

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Projects and engineers include James Buchanan Eads and flood control on the lower Mississippi; Arthur Powell Davis and Frank Crowe and the Hoover Dam; John Bloomfield Jervis and the Croton Aqueduct that brought clean water to New York City; Othmar Ammann and the bridges of New York City; Thomas Edis...

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Main Author: Tobin, James, 1956- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Free Press, [2001]
Subjects:
Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project (Mass.) > Design and construction > History.
Central Artery/Third Harbor Tunnel Project (Mass.)
Engineering > United States > History.
Flood control > Mississippi River > History.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. and Nev.) > History.
Dams > Design and construction > History.
Croton Aqueduct (N.Y.) > Design and construction > History.
Drinking water > New York (State) > New York > History.
Bridges > New York (State) > New York > Design and construction > History.
Electricity > History.
Incandescent lamps > History.
Tunnels > Design and construction > History.
Internet > History.
Ingénierie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Inondations > Maîtrise > Mississippi (Fleuve) > Histoire.
Hoover Dam (Ariz. et Nev.) > Histoire.
Barrages > Conception et construction > Histoire.
Eau potable > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Ponts > New York (État) > New York > Conception et construction > Histoire.
Électricité > Histoire.
Lampes à incandescence > Histoire.
Tunnels > Conception et construction > Histoire.
Internet > Histoire.
Bridges > Design and construction.
Dams > Design and construction.
Drinking water.
Electricity.
Engineering.
Flood control.
Incandescent lamps.
Internet.
Tunnels > Design and construction.
Mississippi River.
New York (State) > Croton Aqueduct.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
United States > Hoover Dam.
Technik
USA.
History.
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