Baltimore Civil Engineering History

Baltimore Civil Engineering History
Author: Bernard G. Dennis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2005
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This collection contains 17 papers presented at the Fifth National History and Heritage Congress at the 2004 ASCE Annual Conference and Exposition, held in Baltimore, Maryland, October 20-23, 2004.

International Engineering History and Heritage

International Engineering History and Heritage
Author: Jerry R. Rogers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2001
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN:

This collection contains 59 papers presented at the Third National Congress on Civil Engineering History and Heritage at the ASCE National Convention, held in Houston, Texas, October 10-13, 2001.

Engineering Legends

Engineering Legends
Author: Richard Weingardt
Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780784408018

Richard Weingardt provides a unique view into the history and progress of 32 great American civil engineers, from the 1700s to the present.

Landmarks in American Civil Engineering

Landmarks in American Civil Engineering
Author: Daniel L. Schodek
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1987
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

This volume traces the history of a number of projects--bridges, dams, roads, tunnels, railroad cuts--formally designated as significant landmarks by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Schodek looks at architecture not only as an integral part of human expression and social statement, but also shows why these constructions are admirable. Landmarks covered include: the Greek Revival temples of the Fairmount waterworks on the Schuykill in Philadelphia (1799-1822); the Brooklyn Bridge (1869-83); the Buffalo Bill Dam (1910) near Cody, Wyoming; the Holland tunnel (1920-27); the Mason-Dixon line; the Tennessee Valley Authority; and the floodlit night runways at Cleveland Airport (1925). ISBN 0-262-19256-X: $50.00 (For use only in the library).

Environmental and Water Resources History

Environmental and Water Resources History
Author: Jerry R. Rogers
Publisher:
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2003
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Annotation Twenty-four contributions address the history of various government and academic organizations that have played a role in the nation's water resources and environmental activities. Papers address topics including environmental engineering history and developments, hydraulic engineering pioneers, Bureau of Reclamation history and developments, university water and hydraulic education and research, hydrology and water resource planning, and an invited paper discussing the history of life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama rivers. Six contributions discuss the formation of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) and the history of ASCE technical divisions and codes and standards activities. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Engineering Victory

Engineering Victory
Author: Thomas F. Army Jr.
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2016-06-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1421419386

Superior engineering skills among Union soldiers helped ensure victory in the Civil War. Engineering Victory brings a fresh approach to the question of why the North prevailed in the Civil War. Historian Thomas F. Army, Jr., identifies strength in engineering—not superior military strategy or industrial advantage—as the critical determining factor in the war’s outcome. Army finds that Union soldiers were able to apply scientific ingenuity and innovation to complex problems in a way that Confederate soldiers simply could not match. Skilled Free State engineers who were trained during the antebellum period benefited from basic educational reforms, the spread of informal educational practices, and a culture that encouraged learning and innovation. During the war, their rapid construction and repair of roads, railways, and bridges allowed Northern troops to pass quickly through the forbidding terrain of the South as retreating and maneuvering Confederates struggled to cut supply lines and stop the Yankees from pressing any advantage. By presenting detailed case studies from both theaters of the war, Army clearly demonstrates how the soldiers’ education, training, and talents spelled the difference between success and failure, victory and defeat. He also reveals massive logistical operations as critical in determining the war’s outcome.

Great Rivers History

Great Rivers History
Author: Environmental and Water Resources Institute (U.S.)
Publisher: Amer Society of Civil Engineers
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2009
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780784410325

This volume contains 18 papers presented at the World Environmental and Water Resources Congress and Great Rivers History Symposium held in Kansas City, Missouri, from May 17 to 21, 2009. Great Rivers History focuses on the great rivers of the world and the engineering challenges of balancing the urgency for development and growth with the environmental need for a sustainable future. This seminal collection offers a fascinating history of: · the Paris sewer system · the Turtle Creek Reservoir · the Missouri River channel project · Columbia River exploration and mapping · major U.S. dam failures · Darcy s Law This publication will be valuable to practitioners, professors, and students interested in environmental and water resources engineering history.

Engineering Iron and Stone

Engineering Iron and Stone
Author: Thomas E. Boothby
Publisher: ASCE Press
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2015
Genre: Building, Iron and steel
ISBN: 9780784413838

Boothby presents a comprehensive explanation of the empirical, graphical, and analytical design techniques used during the late nineteenth century in the construction of both buildings and bridges in wood, stone, brick, and iron.

The Road Taken

The Road Taken
Author: Henry Petroski
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2016-02-16
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1632863618

A renowned historian and engineer explores the past, present, and future of America's crumbling infrastructure. Acclaimed engineer and historian Henry Petroski explores our core infrastructure from both historical and contemporary perspectives, explaining how essential their maintenance is to America's economic health. Petroski reveals the genesis of the many parts of America's highway system--our interstate numbering system, the centerline that divides roads, and such taken-for-granted objects as guardrails, stop signs, and traffic lights--all crucial to our national and local infrastructure. A compelling work of history, The Road Taken is also an urgent clarion call aimed at American citizens, politicians, and anyone with a vested interest in our economic well-being. Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling, and Petroski reveals the complex and challenging interplay between government and industry inherent in major infrastructure improvement. The road we take in the next decade toward rebuilding our aging infrastructure will in large part determine our future national prosperity.