description: American civil engineers were unsurpassed in their ability to buildrailroads over great distances and across high mountain passes, to erect greatbridges, or to bore tunnels of prodigious length. This is a remarkable story of theapplication of engineering to the building of a transportation system that civilizedand settled America, and then supported an industrial revolution and created a worldpower.
language: English
title: Landmarks on the Iron Road: Two Centuries of North American Railroad Engineering
titlecomplete: Landmarks on the Iron Road: Two Centuries of North American Railroad Engineering (Railroads Past and Present)
genres: Railways
ratings_count: 7
publisher: Indiana University Press