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.
Alaska Highway
Canadian Pacific Railway Company

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