Britannia and other tubular bridges
Details:
- Author(s) Rapley, John
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2003
- Pages 160pp; illus
- Publisher Tempus Publishing
- Place Published Stroud
Topics:
- Name Buildings: commercial & transport
Countries:
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals largely with engineering and construction issues - concept of the bridge by Robert Stephenson; testing programme by William Fairbairn; construction techniques used; dispute between Fairbairn and Stephenson; construction of later bridges, eg Montreal