Industry, Architecture, and Engineering: American Ingenuity 1750-1950 - Hardcover

Bergeron, Louis; Maiullari-Pontois, Maria Teresa

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810934736 ISBN 13: 9780810934733

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, 2000

Synopsis

Hoover Dam, the Erie Canal, the steel mills of Pittsburgh-America's contributions to industry and technology are among our finest achievements. This book, the only comprehensive illustrated history of American industrial architecture and civil engineering from the 18th to 20th centuries, is an invaluable record of a key aspect of our heritage-and a proud testament to American ingenuity. The lively, informative text is illustrated with compelling photographs, both historic and contemporary, most from the impressive collection of the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) of the National Park Service. Among the sites featured are the early factories and textile mills of Paterson, New Jersey, and Lowell, Massachusetts, where the American Industrial Revolution began; the innovative River Rouge automobile plant in Dearborn, Michigan; the Sloss Iron Furnaces of Birmingham, Alabama, center of the cast-iron industry; and all types of bridges, from covered wooden structures to the great Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. LOUIS BERGERON, president of TICCIH (The international committee for the conservation of the Industrial Heritage), has been a visiting professor from France at Cornell and New York University, among other universities. MARIA TERESA MAIULLARI-PONTOIS, secretary of TICCIH, teaches part-time at the Universite de Paris IV-Sorbonne.

350 black-and-white illustrations, 97/8 x 111/4"

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Reviews

By and large, humble buildings have been the detritus of architectural history. With few exceptions, such as the work of the late Henry-Russell Hitchcock and the Society for Industrial Archeology, the canonical history of architecture has rarely included the often large-scale and noble buildings constructed for industry and manufacturing. Thanks to the impressive work of the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey, systematic and informative documentation and study of the industrial vernacular now exist. This handsomely produced volume is filled with exemplary black-and-white photographs of mills, dams, canals, bridges, and other structures that blur the distinction between mere building and architecture. Seemingly incidental in relation to the illustrations, the essays thoughtfully divide the topic into three sections: the history of industrialization, major types (civil, engineering, mining, or manufacturing), and the environmental impact of our industrial heritage. Recommended for larger architecture and urban design collections.DPaul Glassman, New York Sch. of Interior Design Lib.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810934736
• ISBN 13: 9780810934733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288