Title & Author:

Building the world : an encyclopedia of the great engineering projects in history / [compiled by] Frank P. Davidson and Kathleen Lusk Brooke.

Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2006.

Description:

2 volumes (xxiii, 937 pages) : illustrations, map ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 887-909) and index.
Vol. 1. Solomon's Temple : Israel -- The founding of Cyrene : Libya -- The aqueducts of Rome : Italy -- The Grand Canal : China -- Protective dikes and land reclamation : The Netherlands -- The founding of Baghdad : Iraq -- Charlemagne's works : Western Europe -- London Bridge : England -- The New River : England -- The Taj Mahal : India -- The Canal des Deux Mers : France -- The founding of St. Petersburg : Russia -- The founding of Washington, DC : United States -- The Erie Canal : United States -- The City of Singapore : Singapore -- The Suez Canal : Egypt -- The Transcontinental Railroad : United States -- The Brooklyn Bridge : United States -- The Canadian Pacific Railway : Canada -- The Eiffel Tower : France -- The Trans-Siberian Railway : Russia -- The Panama Canal : Panama -- The Federal Highway System : United States -- The Colorado River and Hoover Dam : United States.
Vol. 2. The Tennessee Valley Authority : United States -- The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Act : United States -- The Alaska Highway : United States and Canada -- The Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Power Project : Australia -- The Mont Blanc Tunnel : Italy, France, and Switzerland -- The founding of Brasília : Brazil -- NASA and the Apollo Program : United States -- The High Dam at Aswan : Egypt -- The Communications Satellite (COMSAT) : United States -- The National Trails System : United States -- Shinkansen-National High-speed Railways : Japan -- The Trans-Alaska Pipeline : United States and Canada -- The Itaipú Hydroelectric Power Project : Brazil and Paraguay -- The founding of Abuja : Nigeria -- The Channel Tunnel : England and France -- SEMATECH : United States -- The Central Artery/Tunnel Project ("Big Dig") : United States.

Resources:
Table of contents

ISBN:

0313333734 (vol. .1)
0313333742 (v. 2)
0313333548 (set ; alk. paper)
9780313333545 (set ; alk. paper)
9780313333736
9780313333743

Subject:

Civil engineering History Encyclopedias.
Public works History Encyclopedias.
Industrial engineering.
Génie industriel.
Travaux publics Histoire Encyclopédies.
industrial engineering.
Civil engineering
Public works
Bautechnik.
Ingenieurbau.

Form/genre:

Nonfiction.
Encyclopedias.
History

Added entries:

Davidson, Frank Paul, 1918-
Lusk-Brooke, Kathleen.

Encyclopedia of the great engineering projects in history

Holdings:

Location: Library study room 255396
Call No.: TA15 .B86 2006
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library study room 259605
Call No.: TA15 .B86 2006
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available