Seven wonders of the industrial world
By: Deborah Cadbury
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Published: 2004
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780007163052
Subjects: Civil engineering; History; Industries
Description: "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World uncovers the truth behind the epic monuments of the industrial revolution, from Isambard Kingdom Brunel's extraordinary SS Great Eastern, the 'Crystal Palace of the Seas', to the Panama Canal, that linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans over half a century later. This is how our modern world was really forged - in rivets, grease and steam; in blood, sweat and human imagination."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London: Fourth Estate, 2003.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: The Great Eastern -- -- 2.; title: The Bell Rock Lighthouse -- -- 3.; title: The Brooklyn Bridge -- -- 4.; title: The London sewers -- -- 5.; title: The Transcontinental Railroad -- -- 6.; title: The Panama Canal -- -- 7.; title: The Hoover Dam.