Iron Bridge: Symbol of the Industrial Revolution - Rilegato

Delony, Eric

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1860772307 ISBN 13: 9781860772306

Casa editrice: History Pr Ltd, 2002

Riassunto

The Iron Bridge, built in 1779 and spanning the River Severn at Coalbrookdale, is today perhaps the most important industrial monument in Britain. In the early 18th century the Shropshire coalfield with its associated industries, especially iron-founding, was a cradle of the Industrial Revolution, and the river its economic lifeline. The Iron Bridge not only changed the pattern of communications in its area, it attracted thousands of sightseers, many from overseas, for no structure of its time so caught the public imagination.
The present authors produced the first book with this title to mark the bicentenary in 1979, explaining the conception, design and construction of the bridge, its effect and social impact, the technological background and the people involved. However, in the two decades since then, so much new evidence has come to light that this is not a 'revised edition' but a completely re-written new account. The story of the iron bridges built in the half-century from 1781, inspired by the pioneer 'Iron Bridge', has changed dramatically; this book identifies almost twice as many bridges of that period as the first edition.
Eric DeLony, chief of the Historic American Engineering Record, author of the principal work on bridges in the United States, provides a Foreword and Appendix. The book will be welcomed worldwide for the part it plays in the history of modern industrial civilisation.

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L'autore:

Neil Cossons and Barrie Trinder worked together at Ironbridge between 1971 and 1983, the former as Director of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum and the latter as the Museum Trust's Honorary Historian. During that time they jointly directed the First International Congress of the Conservation of the Industrial Monuments and were co-authors of the first edition of this book

Product Description:

Book by Cossons Neil Trinder Barrie

Su questa edizione

• Editore: History Pr Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1860772307
• ISBN 13: 9781860772306
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 144
• Redattore: Cossons Neil, Trinder Barrie