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  title info:
    title: American Civil Engineering History
    sub title: The Pioneering Years
  title info:
    title: AMERICAN CIVIL ENGINEERING HISTORY
  title info:
    title: American Civil Engineering History: The Pioneering Years. Fourth National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage
  title info:
    title: Fourth National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage
  title info:
    title: ASCE Conference Proceedings Vol. 124
  title info:
    title: ASCE Library
  name:
    name part: Fourth National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage (Washington, D.C., United States 2002)
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Dennis, Bernard G. Jr.
    role:
      role term: editor.
    role:
      role term: edt
  type of resource: text
  genre: conference publication
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: Conference papers and proceedings
  genre: History
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: vau
    publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers.
    date issued: 2002
    copyright date: 2003
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource
  abstract: Proceedings of the Fourth National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage, held in conjunction with the 2002 ASCE Civil Engineering Conference and Exposition, in Washington, D.C., November 2-6, 2002. Sponsored by the History and Heritage Committee of ASCE; National Capital Section of ASCE. This collection contains 22 papers marking ASCE's 150th Anniversary with original history and heritage papers that document the emergence and growth of civil engineering in America. Witness the birth and early development of the civil engineering profession in America from John Smeaton, who first sought to raise the stature of the engineer to a professional level, to Benjamin Wright, who is considered the father of American civil engineering, to the origins and early years of the American Society of Civil Engineers. This early development is poignantly illustrated through excerpts from the diary of a young civil engineer visiting the United States in 1837. His diary provides a glimpse of the new frontier where America's rapid growth and expanding boundaries defined a unique engineering approach not found in England or continental Europe. The marvelous efforts of three prominent engineers--Latrobe, Jervis, and Meigs--in the design and development of water distribution systems in Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, DC, are documented. Transportation history is covered with stories of the Potomac Canal, the C and O Canal, the National Road, and the B and O Railroad. Important discoveries in material science, such as hydraulic cement and reinforced concrete, are also discussed. Preservation case studies include special insights into structural renovations to the U.S. Capitol and the geology of the monumental core in Washington, DC. An expanded module of civil engineering education history is included, along with the history of analytical modeling, and the development of testing and monitoring tools.
  target audience: specialized
  note: edited by Bernard G. Dennis Jr.
  subject:
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  subject:
    topic: Civil engineering
    geographic: United States
    topic: History
    genre: Congresses
  subject:
    topic: Civil engineering
  subject:
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: History and Heritage
  subject:
    topic: Engineering history
  subject:
    topic: Professional societies
  subject:
    topic: Engineering profession
  subject:
    topic: Professional development
  subject:
    topic: Water supply systems
  subject:
    topic: Canals
  subject:
    topic: Rail transportation
  subject:
    topic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Europe
  subject:
    topic: England
  subject:
    topic: United Kingdom
  subject:
    topic: Philadelphia
  subject:
    topic: Pennsylvania
  subject:
    topic: New York
  classification: TA5 .N263 2003
  classification: 624/.0973
  identifier: 9780784406540
  identifier: 0784406545
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: RDF
    record creation date: 220104
    record change date: 20260205213546.4
    record identifier: in00005682514
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng