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