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Civil engineering history : engineers make history : proceedings of the First National Symposium on Civil Engineering History / sponsored by the Committee on History and Heritage of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the ASCE National Capitol [i.e. Capital] Section, and the U.S. Capitol Historical Society, in conjunction with the ASCE National Convention in Washington, D.C., November 10-14, ...

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Author:
National Symposium on Civil Engineering History (1st : 1996 : Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Rogers, Jerry R  Search this
American Society of Civil Engineers Committee on History and Heritage of American Civil Engineering  Search this
American Society of Civil Engineers National Capital Section  Search this
United States Capitol Historical Society  Search this
ASCE National Convention (1996 : Washington, D.C.)  Search this
Physical description:
vii, 207 p. : ill. ; 22 cm
Type:
Congresses
Place:
United States
Date:
1996
C1996
Contents:
A surveying trip report-from George Washington's diary / Michael P. Johnson and William P. Johnson, Jr. -- The world's oldest civil engineering professor / Daniel S. Turner -- So, Ms. Roebling-what's your side of the story-about the Brooklyn Bridge? / Patricia D. Galloway -- Extending the legacy : planning America's capital for the 21st Century / Reginald W. Griffith -- The engineer and the Smithsonian Institution's civil engineering collections / William E. Worthington, Jr. -- Civil engineering education : an historical perspective / Lawrence P. Grayson -- J.A.L. Waddell and the diffusion of civil engineering techniques / George F.W. Hauck and Louis W. Potts -- Montgomery C. Meigs, the eclectic engineer / Dean A. Herrin -- Building the infrastructure of the new federal city : 1793-1800 / Robert J. Kapsch -- Early surveys in the nation's capital / Steven M. Pennington -- Meigs among the ruins : Montgomery C. Meigs and the construction of the United States Capitol extension / Dean A. Herrin -- Restoration of the statue of freedom, U.S. Capitol Dome, Washington, D.C. / James R. Cagley -- The corps of engineers and the nation's capital / Martin Gordon -- Tour of the U.S. Capitol / George M. White, William Ensign -- Benjamin Wright : the father of American civil engineering / Neal FitzSimons -- Sanitary engineers in American cities : changing roles from the Age of Miasmas to the Age of Ecology / Martin V. Melosi -- State engineers as policy makers : apolitical experts in a federalist system / Bruce E. Seely -- Spheres of influence : federalism, politics, and engineering design / Todd Shallat -- How to make our heroes their heroes / Francis E. Griggs, Jr. -- Engineering and history : manifestations in monuments / Henry Petroski -- Twenty-seven years documenting engineering heritage / Eric DeLony
Topic:
Civil engineering--History  Search this
Civil engineers  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
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