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Title Covered bridges and the birth of American engineering / executive editors, Justine Christianson, Christopher H. Marston ; authors, James Barker, Lola Bennett, Joseph Conwill, Sheila Rimal Duwadi, Dario Gasparini, Richard O'Connor, Mathew Reckard, Rachel Herring Sangree ; associate editors, Michael R. Harrison, David A. Simmons.

Publication Info. Washington, D.C. : National Park Service, Historic American Engineering Record, 2015.
©2015

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 Axe Federal Documents Online  I 29.2:B 76/5    ---  Available
Description 234 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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volume nc rdacarrier
Note "This study is conducted under a joint agreement between the Federal Highway Administration-Turner Fairbank Highway Research Center, and the National Park Service-Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)."
Shipping list no.: 2016-0123-P.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction and acknowledgments / Justine Christianson and Christopher H. Marston -- Portfolio of covered bridge trusses recorded by the Historic American Engineering Record / edited by Christopher H. Marston -- HAER and the documentation of covered bridges / Richard O onnor -- Overview of the National Historic Covered Bridge Preservation Program / Sheila Rimal Duwadi -- History of covered bridges in the United States / Lola Bennett -- Engineering design of covered bridges / Dario Gasparini, Rachel Sangree, and Jim Barker; edited by David A. Simmons and Michael R. Harrison -- The development of the American truss / Dario Gasparini, Rachel Sangree, and Matthew Reckard; edited by David A. Simmons -- Builders and practices / Joseph D. Conwill -- The preservation and future of covered bridges in the United States / Justine Christianson and Christopher H. Marston -- Appendix: Covered bridges documented by HABS/HAER.
Subject Covered bridges -- United States -- History.
Engineering -- United States -- History.
Covered bridges. (OCoLC)fst00881953
Engineering. (OCoLC)fst00910312
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Bridge construction.
Bridge design.
Covered bridges.
Historic preservation.
History.
Trusses.
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Christianson, Justine.
Marston, Christopher H.
Barker, James (James A.)
Bennett, Lola.
Conwill, Joseph D., 1954-
Duwadi, Sheila Rimal.
Gasparini, Dario A. (Dario Ambrose)
O'Connor, Richard (Richard John)
Reckard, M. K.
Sangree, Rachel Herring.
Harrison, Michael R. (Museum curator)
Simmons, David A. (David Arthur), 1950-
Historic American Engineering Record, issuing body.
Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, issuing body.
Other Form: Online version: Covered bridges and the birth of American engineering (DLC) 2015955439 (OCoLC)934532404
ISBN 9780578171067
0578171066
Gpo Item No. 0648
Sudoc No. I 29.2:B 76/5

 
    
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