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Book The Hudson River Bridge  Greatest Single span Suspension Bridge in the World that Compelled the Creation of the Largest Universal Testing Machine in the World

Download or read book The Hudson River Bridge Greatest Single span Suspension Bridge in the World that Compelled the Creation of the Largest Universal Testing Machine in the World written by Riehlé Bros. Testing Machine Company and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Contractors  and Engineers Monthly

Download or read book Contractors and Engineers Monthly written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hudson River Bridge

Download or read book The Hudson River Bridge written by New York Electrical Society and published by . This book was released on 1929 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hudson River Bridges

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kathryn W. Burke
  • Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
  • Release : 2007-04
  • ISBN : 9781531631017
  • Pages : 130 pages

Download or read book Hudson River Bridges written by Kathryn W. Burke and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 2007-04 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson River Valley, an invaluable connection between New England and the rest of the colonies during the American Revolution, continues to be a major crossroads today. The Hudson River bridges were architectural marvels of their time. The Bear Mountain Bridge was the longest suspension bridge, while the Newburgh Beacon second span was built with a new type of weathering steel. The bridges were constructed during important times in history. The Bear Mountain Bridge was built as the automobile became an integral part in the country's development, and the Mid-Hudson Bridge was built during the Depression. Labor disputes helped develop labor laws, and world wars led to changes in activity on the bridges. Through historical photographs from sources including the New York State Bridge Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Hudson River Bridges documents how these structures remain beautiful testaments to cooperative efforts during trying times in America's history.

Book The Hudson River Bridge at New York

Download or read book The Hudson River Bridge at New York written by and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hudson River Bridge

Download or read book Hudson River Bridge written by Charles Peter Berkey and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hudson River Bridge at New York

Download or read book The Hudson River Bridge at New York written by North River Bridge Company, New York and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bridges of the Mid Hudson Valley

Download or read book Bridges of the Mid Hudson Valley written by Kathryn W. Burke and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson River bridges, iconic structures of the New York State Bridge Authority, are the cornerstone of the Mid-Hudson Valley. Opened in 1924, the Bear Mountain Bridge was the first vehicular crossing of the Hudson River, south of Albany. Twentieth-century growth in the Hudson Valley can be traced to each bridge opening, the result of grassroot efforts by local residents. The Mid-Hudson Bridge, named for the region these bridges span, was designated an "Engineering Epic" following the tipping of the east caisson that delayed construction for a year while engineers and laborers struggled to right that caisson in the waters of the Hudson River. The plan for the Rip Van Winkle Bridge required the creation of the New York State Bridge Authority, when funding was otherwise impossible during the Great Depression. Three more bridges were built connecting remaining areas of the Mid-Hudson region. The last crossing became the "twin spans" of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, the New York State Bridge Authority's most traveled span. In 2010, the New York State Bridge Authority gained ownership of the bridge structure of the Walkway Over the Hudson, a pedestrian walkway built on the old Poughkeepsie Bridge, which opened for trains in 1889.

Book The Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge

Download or read book The Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the bridges' construction written by those who worked on the projects *Includes bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents "[A] perpetual monument that will make this city's name ring around the world and renew the magical fame which the Golden Gate enjoyed in the days of '49." - S.F. Examiner editorial, March 24, 1925 New York City has countless landmarks and tourist spots, but few are as old or as associated with the city as the Brooklyn Bridge, the giant suspension bridge that spans nearly 1,600 feet as it connects lower Manhattan to Brooklyn. Indeed, the bridge is so old that Manhattan and Brooklyn represented the largest and third largest cities in America at the time of its construction, and the East River posed a formidable enough challenge that taking a ferry across could be dangerous. Originally known as the New York and Brooklyn Bridge and then later as the East River Bridge, the iconic bridge wasn't formally dubbed the Brooklyn Bridge until about 30 years after it was completed in the early 1880s. As the first steel suspension bridge built in America, it represented an enormous engineering feat that claimed the lives of several workers, including its original designer, but by the time it was finished, the Brooklyn Bridge towered nearly 300 feet above the water at over 80 feet wide. With those dimensions, it was over 50% larger than any suspension bridge to date. From its inception, the Brooklyn Bridge has been celebrated as one of the things that makes New York City unique. President Chester Arthur attended its opening, and P.T. Barnum famously walked Jumbo the Elephant across the bridge as a publicity stunt. Yet despite its age and the fact that so many contemporary bridges have fallen into disrepair or were destroyed, the Brooklyn Bridge continues to be not just an instantly identifiable landmark in New York City but also a crucially valuable one that is still used by thousands of people a day. Likewise, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco is one of the modern world's engineering marvels. The giant suspension bridge spans the San Francisco Bay, with a length of over 1.5 miles, a height of nearly 750 feet, and a width of around 100 feet. While it is a beautiful and instantly recognizable landmark, the Golden Gate Bridge was also a very practical one born of necessity. After the California Gold Rush helped turn San Francisco into a destination site, connecting people on both sides of the beautiful Golden Gate Strait became vitally important. There was a consistent ferry service in the area, but the advent of automobiles made a bridge even more imperative. At the same time, no one in the world had ever successfully built a bridge as long as this one would be, and indeed, no one else would for another three decades after the Golden Gate Bridge opened. Given its size, it should come as little surprise that the Golden Gate Bridge was one of the most ambitious and expensive projects of its age. Indeed, it would take nearly 20 years from the time the bridge was proposed to its grand opening, and it cost hundreds of millions of dollars (the equivalent of several billion today). When it finally opened in 1937, Joseph Strauss, the man most responsible for the bridge, remarked, "This bridge needs neither praise, eulogy nor encomium. It speaks for itself. We who have labored long are grateful. What Nature rent asunder long ago, man has joined today." The Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge: The History of America's Most Famous Bridges chronicles the story of how one of America's most famous bridges was built. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Golden Gate Bridge like never before, in no time at all.

Book History of the Building of the Great Bridge

Download or read book History of the Building of the Great Bridge written by Edmond F. Farrington and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Gate

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Van der Zee
  • Publisher : Dissertation.com
  • Release : 2000
  • ISBN : 9780595094295
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Gate written by John Van der Zee and published by Dissertation.com. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gate is an absorbing panoramic account of the building of one of the world's most beautiful and famous landmarks. In a narrative richly laden with detail and the flavor of the period, John van der Zee reveals for the first time the complete history of the longest single-span suspension bridge of its time-including the identity of the man who actually designed it, which has been obscured since its completion in 1937. With novelistic flair, van der Zee recounts an exciting drama of human greed, ambition, frailty, courage, and intellectual achievement. "It is among the top books on California I have ever read."-Kevin Starr, State Librarian of California and author of Americans and the California Dream "A case study of personal and technological adventure bordering on hubris...The engineers in this bok come alive as people, with all the faults and foibles associated iwth the human species. A fascinating work that shows that the best of cutting-edge engineering is much, much more than science and technology."-Henri Petroski, Nature

Book Tentative Report of Bridge Engineer on Hudson River Bridge at New York Between Fort Washington and Fort Lee  February 25  1926

Download or read book Tentative Report of Bridge Engineer on Hudson River Bridge at New York Between Fort Washington and Fort Lee February 25 1926 written by Port of New York Authority and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Report of the Special Committee of the Chamber of Commerce on the Hudson River Bridge

Download or read book Report of the Special Committee of the Chamber of Commerce on the Hudson River Bridge written by New York Chamber of Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Hudson River Bridge  Castleton  N Y  Hearing     on H R  3329 and H R  7480

Download or read book Hudson River Bridge Castleton N Y Hearing on H R 3329 and H R 7480 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Progress Report on Hudson River Bridge at New York Between Fort Washington and Fort Lee

Download or read book Progress Report on Hudson River Bridge at New York Between Fort Washington and Fort Lee written by Port of New York Authority and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Crossing the Hudson

    Book Details:
  • Author : Donald Wolf
  • Publisher : Rutgers University Press
  • Release : 2010-04-15
  • ISBN : 0813549507
  • Pages : 283 pages

Download or read book Crossing the Hudson written by Donald Wolf and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fog, tide, ice, and human error--before the American Revolution those who ventured to cross the vast Hudson Valley waterway did so on ferryboats powered by humans, animals, and even fierce winds. Before that war, not a single Hudson River bridge or tunnel had been built. It wasn't until Americans looked to the land in the fight for independence that the importance of crossing the river efficiently became a subject of serious interest, especially militarily. Later, the needs of a new transportation system became critical--when steam railroads first rolled along there was no practical way to get them across the water without bridges. Crossing the Hudson continues this story soon after the end of the war, in 1805, when the first bridge was completed. Donald E. Wolf simultaneously tracks the founding of the towns and villages along the water's edge and the development of technologies such as steam and internal combustion that demanded new ways to cross the river. As a result, innovative engineering was created to provide for these resources. From hybrid, timber arch, and truss bridges on stone piers to long-span suspension and cantilevered bridges, railroad tunnels, and improvements in iron and steel technology, the construction feats that cross the Hudson represent technical elegance and physical beauty. Crossing the Hudson reveals their often multileveled stories--a history of where, why, when, and how these structures were built; the social, political, and commercial forces that influenced decisions to erect them; the personalities of the planners and builders; the unique connection between a builder and his bridge; and the design and construction techniques that turned mythical goals into structures of utility and beauty.