Construction of Parallel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges
Published by John A. Roeblings Sons Company, Trenton, New Jersey, 1925
- First Edition
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB), Bordentown, NJ, U.S.A.Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABAA, ILAB)
AbeBooks seller since December 12, 2003
Condition: Used - Very good
US$ 145.00
Quantity: 1 available
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First edition. Quarto. Slightly oversized stiff wrappers, charcoal gray decorated in black and gilt, lettered in gilt. Some wear along edges. Photo plate 13/14 has a piece aprox 1/2" x 2 " missing from the bottom, otherwise interior clean. Many photographs taken during the construction of the Bear Mountain Hudson River Bridge. Roebling was the premier construction wire producer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; most famously, they were the engineers of the Brooklyn Bridge and were still leaders in the field when they provided the cable for the George Washington Bridge in 1931-32.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Construction of Parallel Wire Cables for Suspension Bridges
- Author
- None
- Publisher
- John A. Roeblings Sons Company, Trenton, New Jersey
- Publication year
- 1925
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Softcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
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