Ireland
Title | Ireland PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald C. Cox |
Publisher | Thomas Telford |
Pages | 308 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780727726278 |
Civil Engineering Heritage: Ireland covers the areas of Ulster in the north through to Munster in the south, Leinster in the east and midlands and Connaught in the west. It describes some of the achievements of such famous names as Alexander Nimmo, William Barrington, Charles Langor and John Killaly and many others. This book is heavily illustrated and contains location maps for each chapter. The items have been selected in order to illustrate some aspect of the historic development of civil engineering skills or in the scope of activity undertaken by the civil engineering profession.
Civil Engineering Heritage
Title | Civil Engineering Heritage PDF eBook |
Author | Denis Smith |
Publisher | Thomas Telford |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2001-12-11 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780727728760 |
This book deals with the civil engineering heritage of the capital and Thames Valley. The development of London has attracted the design and construction skills of a range of eminent civil engineers and contractors. The work of Sir Marc and I K Brunel, the Rennie family, Robert Stephenson, William Cubitt, Sir Joseph Bazelgette, and many others is included. The books in this series have all been designed specifically as guide books for exploring these landmarks, and provide the reader with a ticket into Britain's engineering history.
Southern England
Title | Southern England PDF eBook |
Author | R. A. Otter |
Publisher | Thomas Telford |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780727719713 |
This guide covers from Cornwall to Kent, including Somerset and parts of Wiltshire and Surrey. It provides an informative look at some of the internationally renowned examples of historic development and engineering skills throughout southern England, including such examples as: Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse.
Studies in Construction History: the proceedings of the Second Construction History Society Conference
Title | Studies in Construction History: the proceedings of the Second Construction History Society Conference PDF eBook |
Author | James Campbell |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 352 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 0992875110 |
The proceedings of second conference of the Construction History Society, which took place on 20 and 21 March 2015 at Queens' College, Cambridge, featuring 28 peer-reviewed papers covering a wide variety of subjects on the theme of construction history.
Civil Engineering Heritage
Title | Civil Engineering Heritage PDF eBook |
Author | Roger Cragg |
Publisher | Thomas Telford |
Pages | 326 |
Release | 1997-04-08 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9780727725769 |
Part of the "Heritage" titles, this illustrated book covers Wales and the Western part of central England, from Cheshire in the north to just south of Bristol. It describes many examples of civil engineering heritage, and contains location maps and notes on access to sites, and the achievements of famous names.
Ireland's Civil Engineering Heritage
Title | Ireland's Civil Engineering Heritage PDF eBook |
Author | Ronald C. Cox |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781848891708 |
A lavishly illustrated history of Ireland's civil engineering projects.
Civil Engineering Heritage
Title | Civil Engineering Heritage PDF eBook |
Author | E. A. Labrum |
Publisher | Thomas Telford |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 9780727719706 |
Britain has a heritage of civil engineering works unrivalled anywhere. The skills of past engineers are in evidence throughout the land in the infrastructure. This work is suitable for the technical and non-technical reader, and the area covered in it reaches from the Humber to the Thames and from East Anglia to central England.