Reference Guide to Famous Engineering Landmarks of the World: Bridges, Tunnels, Dams, Roads, and Other Structures

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This unique ready-reference source is the first to cover hundreds of achievements in civil engineering that literally altered the course of history. The book describes a wide variety of engineering feats such as the Alaska Highway, the English Chunnel, and the Grosbois Dam in France. Each entry describes the landmark's physical dimensions, who built what and why, as well as when it was built.

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.,."handy useful volume....The book fills an inportant gap by bringing together in one spot important and useful data on diverse engineering projects not found in another source. The book is also valuable for someone doing historical research. I recommend it for reference sections in undergraduate college, university, and public libraries."-Reference & User Services Quarterly
.,."intriguing....A great deal of cross referencing has been done by Berlow to provide access to the appropriate full entry....This book would be useful for public libraries, school media centers, and lower level undergraduate libraries as a means of determining some factual information concerning the precise name, location, or dimensions of a structure."-E-Streams
.,."the volume would be appreciated at all levels of technical education and in general reference collections."-Choice
.,."this source will pique the interest of anyone who uses it....useful in any public or academic library to help librarians and library users find the answers to basic landmark questions and to encourage further research."-ARBA
...handy useful volume....The book fills an inportant gap by bringing together in one spot important and useful data on diverse engineering projects not found in another source. The book is also valuable for someone doing historical research. I recommend it for reference sections in undergraduate college, university, and public libraries.-Reference & User Services Quarterly
...intriguing....A great deal of cross referencing has been done by Berlow to provide access to the appropriate full entry....This book would be useful for public libraries, school media centers, and lower level undergraduate libraries as a means of determining some factual information concerning the precise name, location, or dimensions of a structure.-E-Streams
...the volume would be appreciated at all levels of technical education and in general reference collections.-Choice
...this source will pique the interest of anyone who uses it....useful in any public or academic library to help librarians and library users find the answers to basic landmark questions and to encourage further research.-ARBA
The Reference Guide is an excellent reference resource for students, faculty members, librarians, and anyone interested in finding key information on landmarks around the world and throughout history.-Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
This is a wonderful reference work....Libraries should consider is for circulation as well as reference.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
..."intriguing....A great deal of cross referencing has been done by Berlow to provide access to the appropriate full entry....This book would be useful for public libraries, school media centers, and lower level undergraduate libraries as a means of determining some factual information concerning the precise name, location, or dimensions of a structure."-E-Streams
..."the volume would be appreciated at all levels of technical education and in general reference collections."-Choice
..."this source will pique the interest of anyone who uses it....useful in any public or academic library to help librarians and library users find the answers to basic landmark questions and to encourage further research."-ARBA
"The Reference Guide is an excellent reference resource for students, faculty members, librarians, and anyone interested in finding key information on landmarks around the world and throughout history."-Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society
"This is a wonderful reference work....Libraries should consider is for circulation as well as reference."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
..."handy useful volume....The book fills an inportant gap by bringing together in one spot important and useful data on diverse engineering projects not found in another source. The book is also valuable for someone doing historical research. I recommend it for reference sections in undergraduate college, university, and public libraries."-Reference & User Services Quarterly

Author Bio

LAWRENCE H. BERLOW has been a professional writer and researcher for almost 20 years. He is the author of Medical Ethics: A Reference Handbook (sports) orts Ethics: A Reference Handbook and has contributed articles to the Gale Research series, How Products Are Made.