Railroads - History - United States - General & Miscellaneous, Railroads - Engines, Cars & Tracks, Travel & Transportation - 19th Century US
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Overview
Bianculli is a mechanical engineer, now retired from a career involved with product and equipment design and development in a Fortune 500 company. A lifelong aficionado of railroads, Bianculli conducted research on the history and technical development of 19th century rail over a 25-year period, which he is now turning into this multi-volume work. The fourth volume examines the different types of bridges and bridge-construction techniques, tunnels, and the development and application of fixed signal systems. Illustrated with 160 b&w illustrations, photographs, and diagrams. Distributed by Associated U. Presses. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, ORBook Details
Published
November 1, 2003
Publisher
Newark, DE : University of Delaware Press, 2001-
Pages
224
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780874138030