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Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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World's Fair Number. Dec. 31, 1904. Special Issue: Railroad Transportation at the Universal Exposition, St. Louis, 1904
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Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Category : Railroad engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Concrete Century
Author: Michael G Smith
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472221841
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
At the turn of the 20th century, industrial manufacturing was expanding dramatically while factory buildings remained fire-prone relics of an earlier age. That is, until a 28-year-old civil engineer finally achieved what engineers around the world had unsuccessfully attempted. Working in his brother’s basement in Detroit, Julius Kahn invented the first practical and scientific method of reinforcing concrete with steel bars, which finally made it possible to construct strong, fireproof buildings. After Kahn founded a company in 1903 to manufacture and sell his reinforcement bars, his system of construction became the most widely used throughout the world. Drawing upon Kahn’s personal correspondence, architectural drawings, company records, and contemporary news and journal articles, Michael G. Smith reveals how this man—whose family had immigrated to the US to escape antisemitism in Germany—played an important role in the rise of concrete. Concrete not only turned the tide against widespread destruction of buildings by fire, it also paved the way for our modern economy. Concrete Century will delight readers intrigued by architecture and construction technology alike with the true origin story of modern concrete buildings.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 0472221841
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 279
Book Description
At the turn of the 20th century, industrial manufacturing was expanding dramatically while factory buildings remained fire-prone relics of an earlier age. That is, until a 28-year-old civil engineer finally achieved what engineers around the world had unsuccessfully attempted. Working in his brother’s basement in Detroit, Julius Kahn invented the first practical and scientific method of reinforcing concrete with steel bars, which finally made it possible to construct strong, fireproof buildings. After Kahn founded a company in 1903 to manufacture and sell his reinforcement bars, his system of construction became the most widely used throughout the world. Drawing upon Kahn’s personal correspondence, architectural drawings, company records, and contemporary news and journal articles, Michael G. Smith reveals how this man—whose family had immigrated to the US to escape antisemitism in Germany—played an important role in the rise of concrete. Concrete not only turned the tide against widespread destruction of buildings by fire, it also paved the way for our modern economy. Concrete Century will delight readers intrigued by architecture and construction technology alike with the true origin story of modern concrete buildings.
Bulletin of the Rosenberg Library
Author: Rosenberg Library
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Category : Classified catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 522
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Railroad Transportation at the Universal Exposition
Author: Walter Mason Camp
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 906
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Dictionary Catalog of the Research Libraries of the New York Public Library, 1911-1971
Author: New York Public Library. Research Libraries
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 558
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American Engineer and Railroad Journal
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Category : Civil engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 518
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The Railway and Engineering Review
Author: Walter Mason Camp
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 1060
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Transit Journal
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Languages : en
Pages : 1210
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Languages : en
Pages : 1210
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Railway and Engineering Review
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Languages : en
Pages : 1168
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Languages : en
Pages : 1168
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