Colossal
Subtitle: engineering the Suez Canal, Statue of Liberty, Eiffel Tower, and Panama Canal : transcontinental ambition in France and the United States during the long nineteenth century
By: Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Periscope; Prestel Pub. [distributor]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Pittsburgh, Pa; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9781934772768
Subjects: History; Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.); Architectural design; Tour Eiffel (Paris, France); Structural engineering; Design and construction
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Egypt's size stone/paper; title: Suez's statue earth / photography; title: Liberty's surface photography/metal; title: Eiffel's emptiness volume/mass; title: Panama's cut stereoview/painting; title: Toyland model/miniature.