TY - GEN AU - Schodek, Daniel L. TI - Landmarks in America civil engineering SN - 026219256X U1 - 624.0973 PY - 1987/// CY - London PB - MIT press KW - Construction KW - United States KW - Civil engineering KW - Public works KW - Trees KW - Art and science KW - Gardening KW - Floriculture N1 - Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction Civil Engineering in America xiii Chapter One : Canals Introduction 1 The Potowmack Canal 3 The Middlesex Canal 6 The Erie Canal 13 The Morris Canal 20 The Ohio State Canal System 25 Chapter Two : Roads Introduction 29 The King 's Road 33 The National Road 35 The Mullan Road 38 Chapter Three : Railroads Introduction 41 The Charleston-Hamburg Railroad 46 The Transcontinental Railroad 49 The Mount Washington Cog Railway 55 The Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad 57 The Durango-Silverton Railroad 58 The Boston Subway 60 The New York Subway 66 Chapter Four : Bridges Introduction 71 The Frankford Avenue Bridge 76 The Carrollton Viaduct 77 Dunlap's Creek Bridge 79 The Starrucca Viaduct 81 The Delaware Aqueduct 84 The Wheeling Suspension Bridge 90 The Cornish-Windsor, Blenheim, and Bridgeport Covered Bridges 93 The Whipple Bowstring Truss 101 The Bollman Truss Bridge 104 The Fink Through-Truss and Deck-Truss Bridges 108 The Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge 111 The Cabin John Aqueduct and Bridge 112 The John A. Roebling Bridge 115 The Eads Bridge 118 The Kinzua Railway Viaduct 125 The Smithfield Street Bridge 129 The Brooklyn Bridge 132 The Stone Arch Bridge at Minneapolis 143 The Alvord Lake Bridge 145 The Cortland Street Drawbridge 146 The Tunkhannock Viaduct 148 The Rogue River Bridge 152 The George Washington Bridge 154 Chapter Five : Tunnels Introduction 159 The Pattison Tunnel 162 The Union Canal Tunnel 163 The Crozet Tunnel 165 The Hoosac Tunnel 168 The Hudson-Manhattan Railroad Tunnel 174 The Gunnison Tunnel 178 The Holland Tunnel 181 The Moffat Tunnel 183 The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel 186 Chapter Six : Water Supply and Control Introduction 189 The Acequias of San Antonio 193 The Bethlehem Waterworks 195 The Philadelphia Municipal Water Supply System 197 The Croton Aqueduct 203 The Chicago Water Supply System 212 The Embudo Stream-Gauging Station 216 The Marlette Lake Water System 219 The First Owens River-Los Angeles Aqueduct 221 The Miami Conservancy District 227 Chapter Seven : Environmental Engineering Introduction 233 The Louisville Waterworks 235 The Chain of Rocks 237 The Lawrence Experiment Station 238 The Reversal of the Chicago River 239 The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage Treatment Plant 242 Chapter Eight : Dams Introduction 245 The Ascutney Mill Dam 247 The Druid Lake Dame 250 The Cheesman Dam 252 The Buffalo Bill Dam 254 The Theodore Roosevelt Dam and Salt River Project 256 The Elephant Butte Dam 259 Chapter Nine : Buildings Introduction 265 The Castillo de San Marcos 269 The Iron Building of the Watervliet Arsenal 272 The William Ward House 276 Station, St. Louis 278 The Peavy-Haglin Grain Elevator 281 The Ingalls Building 283 The Goodyear Airdock 286 Chapter Ten : Urban Planning Introduction 289 The City Plan of Savannah 292 The Kansas City Park and Boulevard System 295 The Charles River Basin 297 Chapter Eleven : Power Systems Introduction 303 The Great Falls Raceway and Power System 305 The Lowell Water Power System 308 The Pelton Impulse Waterwheel 316 The Vulcan Street Plant 318 The Folsom Hydroelectric Power System 320 The Sault Ste. Marie Hydroelectric Power Complex 322 Chapter TweIve : Surveying and Mapping Introduction 327 The Mason-Dixon Line 330 Ellicott's Stone 333 The Massachusetts Base Line 334 International Boundary Marker Number 1 335 Chapter Thirteen : Coastal Facilities Introduction 337 The Naval Dry Docks at Boston and Norfolk 339 The Minot's Ledge Lighthouse 342 The South Pass Navigation Works 345 Chapter Fourteen : Airports Introduction 349 Cleveland-Hopkins lnternational Airport 350 Newark International Airport 353 Appendix 1 Additional Landmark Projects 357 Appendix 2 Locational Maps of Landmarks 367 Bibliography 371 Index 379 ER -