Essays on the history of transportation and technology / Emory L. Kemp, foreword by Lance E. Metz, introduction by Robert J. Kapsch.
| Other author | Kemp, Emory L. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Publication Info | Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2014. |
| Description | xii, 412 pages : many illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The 1959 Wheeling Custom House: a harbinger of iron and steel skeletal framing -- Charles Ellet Jr., (1810-1862): portrait of an engineer -- A thoroughfare through the howling wilderness: the Weston & Gauley Bridge Turnpike / Emory L. Kemp and Janet K. Kemp -- The Pulaski Skyway-Railway economic theory applied to superhighway design / Dara Callender and Emory Kemp -- James Finley and the origins of the modern suspension bridge -- French movable dams in America -- Building the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway -- Benjamin Franklin Thomas and the introduction of the French needle dam into the United States -- John Jervis and the hydraulic design of the old Croton Aqueduct / Emory Kemp and Edward Winant -- The Muskingum Navigation -- French movable dams on the Great Kanawha River -- The Little Kanawha Navigation / Larry Sypolt and Emory Kemp. |
| Abstract | "Essays on the history of transportation and technology"--Provided by publisher. |
| General note | "Previous versions of many of these essays appeared in Canal History and Technology Proceedings, Volumes X, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII, XXIX, and XXX"--Title page verso. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2013042732 |
| ISBN | 9781938228810 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1938228812 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781940425030 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 1940425034 (pdf) |
| ISBN | 9781940425047 (epub) |
| ISBN | 1940425042 (epub) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |