bridges

A guide to the study of America's industrial past through examination of early engines, furnaces, locomotives, windmills, foundries, canals, bridges, and other industrial antiquities.

Discusses the history, use, and construction of the three types of bridges. Includes instruction for making models and variations of each type.

Explores the methods and materials used in building bridges, as well as the environmental impact of bridge building. Includes some projects.

Describes the construction of roads and aqueducts in ancient Rome, life and customs along the roads, water distribution and aqueduct maintenance, and the building of bridges.

The story of a world-class photographer and an Iowa farm wife as they are joined in a passionate, romantic experience that will forever haunt them.

Text and contemporary illustrations describe the seemingly impossible feat of building a bridge over the East River during the nineteenth century.

Simple text and illustrations present various kinds of bridges, from a steel bridge for trains to a stone bridge for cars.

Bridge builder Alexander outwardly projects the forceful spirit of the pioneers, but inwardly he possesses a divided self that leaves him torn between two women.