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The Forth bridge in its various stages of construction and compared with the most notable bridges of the world.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Oversize 1889 Phillips
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Philip.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cantilever bridges.
- Forth Bridge (South Queensferry, Scotland : Railroad bridge).
- Physical Description:
- 233 color 52 plates, portraits 35 x 42 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : R. Grant & Son, [1889?]
- Summary:
- Additional bridges in the book include Britannia, Clifton Suspension, Coalbrookdale, Conway, Harlem River, Holy Trinity, Menai Bridge, New York and Brooklyn, Portage Viaduct, Rialto, Royal Albert Bridge, Runcorn, St. Angelo, Swing Bridge, St. Louis, Sunderland, Tay Viaduct, New Tay Bridge, and Tower Bridge.
- Notes:
- Two columns to the page; blank versos included in collation.
- Most of the photographic plates are collotype prints produced by Photophane & Co., London.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of Sandra and Hyman Myers.
- OCLC:
- 933149097
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