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001 2004295375
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005 20130523090658.0
008 040908s2004 nyuab b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aTA19$b.C328 2004
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100 1 $aCadbury, Deborah.
245 10 $aDreams of iron and steel :$bseven wonders of the nineteenth century, from the building of the London sewers to the Panama Canal /$cDeborah Cadbury.
246 1 $iFirst published in Great Britain as$aSeven wonders of the industrial world
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bFourth Estate,$c2004.
300 $axix, 300 p. :$bill., map ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [267]-288) and index.
520 $aA world that had changed little from the Middle Ages was altered beyond recognition by the engineering genius of the nineteenth century: rivers tamed, oceans pacified, continents bridged. In Dreams of Iron and Steel, acclaimed historian Deborah Cadbury tells the heroic tale of the visionaries and ordinary workers who brought to life seven wonders of engineering that still have the power to awe and inspire us today. From the London sewers that banished cholera to the Panama Canal that shaved thousands of miles off a dangerous sea passage, from the Hoover Dam that diverted the world's most unpredictable river to give power to over half of the country to the transcontinental railroad that fulfilled the dream of manifest destiny. Dreams of iron and steel reveals the epic struggles and personal fortunes and reputations were lost and won.
505 0 $aThe Great Eastern -- The Bell Rock Lighthouse -- The Brooklyn Bridge -- The London sewers -- The Transcontinental Railroad -- The Panama Canal -- The Hoover Dam.
650 0 $aCivil engineering$xHistory$y19th century.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy052/2004295375.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0645/2004295375-d.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1308/2004295375-b.html