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Covered bridges and the birth of American engineering

Title
Covered bridges and the birth of American engineering / executive editors, Justine Christianson, Christopher H. Marston ; authors, James Barker, Lola Bennett, Joseph Conwill, Sheila Rimal Duwadi, Dario Gasparini, Richard O'Connor, Matthew Reckard, Rachel Herring Sangree ; associate editors, Michael R. Harrison, David A. Simmons.
Publication
  • Washington, D.C. : National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record, 2015.
  • ©2015

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  • http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo64533/CoveredBridges2015.pdf
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Additional Authors
  • Christianson, Justine.
  • Marston, Christopher H.
  • Barker, James (James A.)
  • Bennett, Lola.
  • Conwill, Joseph D., 1954-
  • Duwadi, Sheila Rimal.
  • Gasparini, Dario A. (Dario Ambrose)
  • O'Connor, Richard (Richard John)
  • Reckard, M. K.
  • Sangree, Rachel Herring.
  • Harrison, Michael R. (Museum curator)
  • Simmons, David A. (David Arthur), 1950-
  • Historic American Engineering Record, issuing body.
  • Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, issuing body.
Description
234 pages : color illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Covered bridges > United States > History
  • Engineering > United States > History
  • Covered bridges > United States > History > Pictorial works
  • Covered bridges
  • Engineering
  • Bridge construction
  • Bridge design
  • Historic preservation
  • History
  • Trusses
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Note
  • "This study is conducted under a joint agreement between the Federal Highway Administration-Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center, and the National Park Service-Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)."
  • Shipping list no.: 2016-0123-P.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-211) and index.
Contents
Introduction and acknowledgments / Justine Christianson and Christopher H. Marston -- Portfolio of covered bridge trusses recorded by the Historic American Engineering Record / edited by Christopher H. Marston -- HAER and the documentation of covered bridges / Richard O onnor -- Overview of the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program / Sheila Rimal Duwadi -- History of covered bridges in the United States / Lola Bennett -- Engineering design of covered bridges / Dario Gasparini, Rachel Sangree, and Jim Barker; edited by David A. Simmons and Michael R. Harrison -- The development of the American truss / Dario Gasparini, Rachel Sangree, and Matthew Reckard; edited by David A. Simmons -- Builders and practices / Joseph D. Conwill -- The preservation and future of covered bridges in the United States / Justine Christianson and Christopher H. Marston -- Appendix: Covered bridges documented by HABS/HAER.
Call Number
JBF 17-562
ISBN
  • 9780578171067
  • 0578171066
LCCN
2015955439
OCLC
934532594
Title
Covered bridges and the birth of American engineering / executive editors, Justine Christianson, Christopher H. Marston ; authors, James Barker, Lola Bennett, Joseph Conwill, Sheila Rimal Duwadi, Dario Gasparini, Richard O'Connor, Matthew Reckard, Rachel Herring Sangree ; associate editors, Michael R. Harrison, David A. Simmons.
Publisher
Washington, D.C. : National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record, 2015.
Copyright Date
©2015
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-211) and index.
Connect to:
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/gpo64533/CoveredBridges2015.pdf
http://www.nps.gov/hdp/CoveredBridges2015.pdf
http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo64533
Added Author
Christianson, Justine.
Marston, Christopher H.
Barker, James (James A.)
Bennett, Lola.
Conwill, Joseph D., 1954-
Duwadi, Sheila Rimal.
Gasparini, Dario A. (Dario Ambrose)
O'Connor, Richard (Richard John)
Reckard, M. K.
Sangree, Rachel Herring.
Harrison, Michael R. (Museum curator)
Simmons, David A. (David Arthur), 1950-
Historic American Engineering Record, issuing body.
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, issuing body.
Other Form:
Online version: Covered bridges and the birth of American engineering (DLC) 2015955439 (OCoLC)934532404
Gpo Item No.
0648
Sudoc No.
I 29.2:B 76/5
Research Call Number
JBF 17-562
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