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Rails across the Mississippi : a history of the St. Louis bridge
- Title
- Rails across the Mississippi : a history of the St. Louis bridge / Robert W. Jackson.
- Author
- Jackson, Robert W. (Robert Wendell), 1950-
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2001.
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- Description
- ix, 265 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
- Summary
- "A tale of grand dreams, shady politics, daring engineering experiments, greed, ambition, and westward expansion, Rails across the Mississippi is the first book-length history since 1881 to document the planning, financing, and construction of the first bridge across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, a national engineering landmark completed in 1874 that is now known as the Eads Bridge. Robert W.
- Jackson takes a fresh look at this monumental project, dispersing the myths and filling in the gaps left by earlier scholarship."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. A Creature of Hope -- 2. Destined to Become -- 3. Other People's Money -- 4. Mongrel Structures -- 5. Fighting for It Still -- 6. The Center of the World -- 7. The Great Bugbear -- 8. The Grecian Bend -- 9. Golden Eggs -- 10. Untried Methods -- 11. Proper Facilities -- 12. A Little Mixture of Conciliation -- 13. The Elements of Commercial Supremacy -- 14. The Texas Trade -- 15. Honor at the Stake -- 16. Capital and Influence -- 17. The Consummation So Devoutly Wished For -- 18. Stately Pomp and Ceremony -- 19. The Elements of a Great City.
- ISBN
- 0252026802
- LCCN
- 2001000491
- OCLC
- ocm45845432
- SCSB-4235608
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries