The Bridges of new York [Audiobook] download free by Sharon Reier
- Listen audiobook: The Bridges of new York
- Author: Sharon Reier
- Release date: 2000/1/4
- Publisher: DOVER PUBLICATIONS INC.
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9780486412306
- Rating: 7.36 of 10
- Votes: 105
- Review by: Lia Buck
- Review rating: 8.5 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/9/23
- Duration: 1H59M32S in 256 kbps (32 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-28
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, MP3, AU, WAV, MPEG4, FLAC (compression TGZ, RAR, ARC, LZMA, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 160
- Includes a PDF summary of 12 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 9M40S (2.4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: New York City boasts more spectacular bridges than any other city in the world. From the Gothic stone arches and gossamer steel webbing of the Brooklyn Bridge (perhaps the greatest engineering achievement of the 19th century), to the Verrazano-Narrows - the world's longest suspension bridge when completed in 1964 - more than 75 bridges span the city's waterways. This book is a stirring text-and-picture tribute to these awe-inspiring structures.Beginning with Dutch New Amsterdam and continuing to the modern era and the achievements of legendary bridge builder Robert Moses, The Bridges of New York covers nearly 300 years of New York history and a century of accomplishments in modern engineering. At the time of construction, many of the bridges were considered breakthroughs in bridge-building technology.Grouped according to geography and economics - two prime considerations facing bridge engineers - the spans are described in a highly readable text that explains the design principles of cantilever, swing, bascule, and many other bridge types. Over 150 archival engravings and contemporary photographs document the splendor of such remarkable bridges as the Brooklyn, George Washington, Bronx-Whitestone, Manhattan, Queensboro, Triborough, and dozens of smaller spans.A section on bridge maintenance, a glossary, and charts noting each bridge's location, length, height, and other features complete this pictorial treasury - sure to delight engineering and architecture enthusiasts as well as anyone who has ever been astonished by the extraordinary scale and grandeur of New York's bridges.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Architecture, Guidebooks, Science & Geography, History Of The Americas, Public Buildings: Civic, Commercial, Industrial, Etc, Civil Engineering, Surveying & Building, Bridges
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- Format: Paperback
- Approximate value: 23.01 USD
- Dimensions: 209x277x10.67mm
- Weight: 430.91g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: New York, United States
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