Boston's Bridges (MA) (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738535710 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 128 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Awesome Book!!!! IOGMAC88 What a great book for the person who loves bridges or has lived in or around the Boston area!!! I purchased this for a gift for my husband and he is really enjoying it!!!!
At one time, Bostonians built more bridges per acre of city land than any other American city. Drawing on previously unpublished images from the Massachusetts Department of Public Works, the city of Boston archives, and numerous other sources, Boston's Bridges is a vivid document of the city's bridges past and present. Flanked by rivers and ocean inlets, Boston has always been a city of bridges. In no other American city can such a dense collection of diverse bridge types, styles, and ages be found today.Boston's Bridges surveys the city's spans, telling the story of their construction and tracking the evolution in design, materials, and construction techniques from the 1700s to the present. Written by an engineer-historian, Boston's Bridges will appeal not only to those fascinated by Boston's history but also to those with an interest in construction, c
. Tsipis sits on the editorial board of Civil Engineering Practice, the journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, and is a project manager at Meredith & Grew, a Boston-based real estate firm. Yanni Tsipis holds degrees in civil engineering and urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is the author of three bestselling Arcadia titles: Boston's Central Artery, Building the Mass Pike, and Building Route 128
He is the author of three bestselling Arcadia titles: Boston's Central Artery, Building the Mass Pike, and Building Route 128. About the Author Yanni Tsipis holds degrees in civil engineering and urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. . Tsipis sits on the editorial board of Civil Engineering Practice, the journal of the Boston Society of Civil Engineers, and is a project manager at Meredith & Grew, a Boston-based real estate firm