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Book Chicago River Bridges

Download or read book Chicago River Bridges written by Patrick T. McBriarty and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-09-23 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicago River Bridges presents the untold history and development of Chicago's iconic bridges, from the first wood footbridge built by a tavern owner in 1832 to the fantastic marvels of steel, concrete, and machinery of today. It is the story of Chicago as seen through its bridges, for it has been the bridges that proved critical in connecting and reconnecting the people, industry, and neighborhoods of a city that is constantly remaking itself. In this book, author Patrick T. McBriarty shows how generations of Chicagoans built (and rebuilt) the thriving city trisected by the Chicago River and linked by its many crossings. The first comprehensive guidebook of these remarkable features of Chicago's urban landscape, Chicago River Bridges chronicles more than 175 bridges spanning 55 locations along the Main Channel, South Branch, and North Branch of the Chicago River. With new full-color photography of the existing bridges by Kevin Keeley and Laura Banick and more than one hundred black and white images of bridges past, the book unearths the rich history of Chicago's downtown bridges from the Michigan Avenue Bridge to the often forgotten bridges that once connected thoroughfares such as Rush, Erie, Taylor, and Polk Streets. Throughout, McBriarty delivers new research into the bridges' architectural designs, engineering innovations, and their impact on Chicagoans' daily lives. Describing the structure and mechanics of various kinds of moveable bridges (including vertical-lift, Scherer rolling lift, and Strauss heel trunnion mechanisms) in a manner that is accessible and still satisfying to the bridge aficionado, he explains how the dominance of the "Chicago-style" bascule drawbridge influenced the style and mechanics of bridges worldwide. Interspersed throughout are the human dramas that played out on and around the bridges, such as the floods of 1849 and 1992, the cattle crossing collapse of the Rush Street Bridge, or Vincent "The Schemer" Drucci's Michigan Avenue Bridge jump. A confluence of Chicago history, urban design, and engineering lore, Chicago River Bridges illustrates Chicago's significant contribution to drawbridge innovation and the city's emergence as the drawbridge capital of the world. It is perfect for any reader interested in learning more about the history and function of Chicago's many and varied bridges. The introduction won The Henry N. Barkhausen Award for original research in the field of Great Lakes maritime history sponsored by the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History.

Book Chicago   s Bridges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nathan Holth
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2013-01-20
  • ISBN : 0747813167
  • Pages : 105 pages

Download or read book Chicago s Bridges written by Nathan Holth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago River divides America's Second City into the North and South Sides, and the bridges that span it are famous for their number and beauty. With the first constructed in 1832, it was only twelve years later that a moveable bridge appeared, and today Chicago is home to some sixty bridges in all, making it one of the most bridge-rich cities in the world. These bridges even today offer fascinating glimpses into Chicago's development from rough-and-tumble trading outpost to world-class city known for its architecture and culture, and this book traces the evolution of them all, from the original rising bascules to the splendidly designed twentieth-century structures that lend Chicago much of the grandeur for which it is known world-wide.

Book Of Bridges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas Harrison
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2021-04
  • ISBN : 022673529X
  • Pages : 299 pages

Download or read book Of Bridges written by Thomas Harrison and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Always," wrote Philip Larkin, "it is by bridges that we live." Bridges represent our aspirations to connect, to soar across divides. And it is the unfinished business of these aspirations that makes bridges such stirring sights, especially when they are marvels of ingenuity. A rich compendium of myths, superstitions, literary and ideological figurations, as well as architectural and musical illustrations, Of Bridges organizes a poetic and philosophical history of bridges into nine thematic clusters. Leaping in lucid prose between seemingly unrelated times and places, Thomas Harrison gives a panoramic account of the diverse meanings and valences of human bridges, questioning why they are built and where they lead. He investigates bridges as flashpoints in war and the mega-bridges of our globalized world. He probes links forged by religion between life's transience and eternity and the consolidating ties of music, illustrated in a case study of the blues. He illuminates the real and symbolic crossings facing migrants each day and the affective connections that make persons and societies cohere. In fine and intricate readings of literature, philosophy, art, and geography, Harrison engages in a profound reflection on how bridges form and transform cultural communities. Interdisciplinary and deeply lyrical, Of Bridges is a mesmerizing, vertiginous tale of bridges both visible and invisible, both lived and imagined.

Book Chicago   s Bridges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Nathan Holth
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2013-01-20
  • ISBN : 0747813191
  • Pages : 65 pages

Download or read book Chicago s Bridges written by Nathan Holth and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chicago River divides America's Second City into the North and South Sides, and the bridges that span it are famous for their number and beauty. With the first constructed in 1832, it was only twelve years later that a moveable bridge appeared, and today Chicago is home to some sixty bridges in all, making it one of the most bridge-rich cities in the world. These bridges even today offer fascinating glimpses into Chicago's development from rough-and-tumble trading outpost to world-class city known for its architecture and culture, and this book traces the evolution of them all, from the original rising bascules to the splendidly designed twentieth-century structures that lend Chicago much of the grandeur for which it is known world-wide.

Book Bridges of Memory

Download or read book Bridges of Memory written by Timuel D. Black and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 666 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Table of contents

Book Report of Hearing Before the Executive Committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce on the Widening of Bridge Spans on the Chicago River

Download or read book Report of Hearing Before the Executive Committee of the Chicago Association of Commerce on the Widening of Bridge Spans on the Chicago River written by Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Executive Committee on the Widening of Bridge Spans on the Chicago River and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Preliminary Report on the Division of Bridges and Harbor

Download or read book Preliminary Report on the Division of Bridges and Harbor written by Chicago (Ill.). Commission on City Expenditures and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Data and General Description of the North State Street Bridge and Viaduct Over the Chicago River

Download or read book Historical Data and General Description of the North State Street Bridge and Viaduct Over the Chicago River written by Chicago (Ill.). Division of Bridges and Viaducts and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bridge Works

Download or read book The Bridge Works written by CBI Industries, Inc. Staff and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bridges of Memory Volume 2

Download or read book Bridges of Memory Volume 2 written by Timuel D. Black and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second volume of Bridges of Memory, historian Timuel D. Black Jr. continues his conversations with African-Americans who migrated to Chicago from the South in search of economic, social, and cultural opportunities. With his trademark gift for interviewing, Black--himself the son of first-generation migrants to Chicago--guides these individual discussions with ease, resulting in first-person narratives that are informative and entertaining.

Book Hearings on House Joint Resolutions Opposing Construction of Bridge Across the Chicago River

Download or read book Hearings on House Joint Resolutions Opposing Construction of Bridge Across the Chicago River written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book West Van Buren Street Bridge Over South Branch  Chicago River

Download or read book West Van Buren Street Bridge Over South Branch Chicago River written by Chicago (Ill.). Division of Bridges & Viaducts and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Summary and Outline of the Report on the Chicago River Bridge Survey

Download or read book Summary and Outline of the Report on the Chicago River Bridge Survey written by Chicago (Ill.). Department of Public Works and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Bridge on the Drina

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ivo Andríc
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1977
  • ISBN : 9780226020457
  • Pages : 324 pages

Download or read book The Bridge on the Drina written by Ivo Andríc and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A great stone bridge built three centuries ago in the heart of the Balkans ... stands witness to the countless lives played out upon it" and to the sufferings of the people of Bosnia.--Cover.

Book Steel Bridges

Download or read book Steel Bridges written by Manfred Hirt and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2013-06-05 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This English translation of the successful French edition presents the conception and design of steel and steel-concrete composite bridges, from simple beam bridges to cable supported structures. The book focuses primarily on road bridges, emphasizing the basis of their conception and the fundamentals that must be considered to assure structural safety and serviceability, as well as highlighting the necessary design checks. The principles are extended in later chapters to railway bridges as well as bridges for pedestrians and cyclists. Particular attention is paid to consideration of the dynamic performance.

Book Bridges Over the Navigable Waters of the United States

Download or read book Bridges Over the Navigable Waters of the United States written by United States. Coast Guard and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Project Development Report

Download or read book Project Development Report written by Chicago (Ill.). Bureau of Engineering and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: