Main entry:

Baker, T. Lindsay.

Title & Author:

Building the Lone Star : an illustrated guide to historic sites / by T. Lindsay Baker.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

xxi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Series:

The Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 20

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historic Texas Engineering Works -- Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Works -- Amicable Building -- Aransas Pass Lighthouse -- Austin Artesian Well -- Austin Dam -- Austin "Moonlight" Tower Street Lighting System -- Balmorhea Irrigation Project -- Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge -- Brazos Santiago Lighthouse -- Buchanan Dam -- Buffalo Gap Railway Water System -- Canadian River Wagon Bridge -- Canon Ranch Eclipse Windmill -- Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension Bridge -- Cleburne Waterworks -- Congress Avenue Bridge -- Copano Bay Causeway -- Corpus Christi Seawall -- Corsicana Oil Field Discovery Well -- Cuero Hydroelectric Plant -- Cullinan Oil Refinery -- Daisy Bradford No. 3 Oil Well -- Dallas -- Oak Cliff Viaduct -- Dallas Union Terminal -- Don Patricio Causeway -- Droemer Brick Yard -- Eagle Lake Irrigation System -- East Navidad River Bridge -- Elissa -- El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge -- El Paso Smelter -- El Paso Waterworks -- Fort Davis Military Water System -- Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge -- Fort Worth Stockyards -- Franklin Canal -- Galveston Causeway -- Galveston Grade Raising -- Galveston Highway Bridge -- Galveston Jetties -- Galveston Military Fortifications -- Galveston Seawall -- Galveston Waterworks -- Gonzales Hydroelectric Plant -- Granite Mountain Quarry -- Hangar Nine -- Harris County Dome Stadium -- High Bridge over the Pecos -- Houston 1879 Waterworks -- Houston Ship Channel -- Humphrey Direct Action Pumping Plant -- International and Great Northern Railroad Station -- Justiceburg Railway Water System -- Kelly Plow Works -- Lake Wichita Dam -- Landa Rock Mill -- Lavaca Bay Causeway -- Los Ebanos Ferry -- Lucas Gusher -- McDonald Observatory -- Matagorda Lighthouse -- Medina Dam -- Moore's Crossing Bridge -- Nash Iron Furnace -- Nueces Bay Causeways -- Oil Springs Oil Field -- Old Alcalde Iron Furnace -- Old Lone Star Brewery -- Orange -- Port Arthur High Bridge -- Paddock Viaduct -- Paris Abattoir -- Pliska Aeroplane -- Point Bolivar Lighthouse -- Point Isabel Lighthouse -- Porter's Bluff Highway -- Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge -- Post City Windmill Waterworks -- Quitaque Railway Tunnel -- Red Brick Road -- Regency Suspension Bridge -- Republic of Texas Boundary Marker -- Riverside Swing Bridge -- San Antonio Acequias -- San Antonio Sewerage System -- San Antonio Waterworks -- San Jacinto Monument -- San Marcos Activated Sludge Sewage Treatment Plant -- San Marcos River Covered Bridge -- Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well -- Shafter Mining District -- Slayden Bridge -- Somerville Tie and Timber Preserving Plant -- Terlingua Mining District -- Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway -- Thurber Mining District -- Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway Depot and Office Building -- Tyler Hydraulic Fill Dam -- Vaughn Brothers Irrigation Plant -- Victoria "Dutch" Windmill -- Waco Suspension Bridge -- Waxahachie Creek Bridge -- Williamson Dam -- Yellowhouse Canyon Bridge -- List of Historic Engineering Sites.
Also issued online.
English.

Summary:

Covers 103 historic engineering sites.

Resources:
EBSCOhost
Google
Art & Architecture Complete

ISBN:

0890962898
9780890962893
0890969795 (pbk.)
9780890969793 (pbk.)

Subject:

Historic sites Texas Guidebooks.
Civil engineering Texas History.
Infrastructure (Economics) Texas History.
Lieux historiques Texas Guides.
Civil engineering.
Historic sites.
Infrastructure (Economics)
Texas Guidebooks.
Texas Guides.
Texas.

Form/genre:

Guidebooks.
History.

Added entries:

Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A & M University ; no. 20.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 12368
Call No.: ID:87-B3330
Status: Available