John Fowler, Benjamin Baker, Forth Bridge: Opus 18
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When the Forth Bridge opened on 4 March 1890 it was the longest railway bridge in the world and the first large structure made of steel. Crossing the wide Firth of Forth east of Edinburgh, it represents one of the greatest engineering triumphs of Victorian Britain, man's victory over the intractable topography of land and water. Not surprisingly, such a vigorous rebuff of the natural order was condemned at the time by those late Victorians who...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:3930698188
ISBN13:9783930698189
Release Date:December 1997
Publisher:Axel Menges
Length:60 Pages
Weight:1.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 11.3" x 12.1"
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