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an encyclopedia of the great engineering projects in history
By Frank Paul Davidson
"Building the world" was published by Greenwood Press in 2006 - Westport, Conn, it has 937 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Building the world” Metadata:
- Title: Building the world
- Author: Frank Paul Davidson
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 937
- Publisher: Greenwood Press
- Publish Date: 2006
- Publish Location: Westport, Conn
“Building the world” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: Industrial engineering - Public works - History - Encyclopedias - Civil engineering
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: 2 v. (xxiii, 937 p.) :
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL17199047M - OL18207384W
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2005037902
- ISBN-10: 0313333734 - 0313333742 - 0313333548
- All ISBNs: 0313333734 - 0313333742 - 0313333548
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"Building the world" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Volume 1. Solomon's Temple : Israel
- 2- The founding of Cyrene : Libya
- 3- The aqueducts of Rome : Italy
- 4- The Grand Canal : China
- 5- Protective dikes and land reclamation : The Netherlands
- 6- The founding of Baghdad : Iraq
- 7- Charlemagne's works : Western Europe
- 8- London Bridge : England
- 9- The New River : England
- 10- The Taj Mahal : India
- 11- The Canal des Deux Mers : France
- 12- The founding of St. Petersburg : Russia
- 13- The founding of Washington, DC : United States
- 14- The Erie Canal : United States
- 15- The City of Singapore : Singapore
- 16- The Suez Canal : Egypt
- 17- The Transcontinental Railroad : United States
- 18- The Brooklyn Bridge : United States
- 19- The Canadian Pacific Railway : Canada
- 20- The Eiffel Tower : France
- 21- The Trans-Siberian Railway : Russia
- 22- The Panama Canal : Panama
- 23- The Federal Highway System : United States
- 24- The Colorado River and Hoover Dam : United States
- 25- Volume 2. The Tennessee Valley Authority : United States
- 26- The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Act : United States
- 27- The Alaska Highway : United States and Canada
- 28- The Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Power Project : Australia
- 29- The Mont Blanc Tunnel : Italy, France, and Switzerland
- 30- The founding of Brasília : Brazil
- 31- NASA and the Apollo Program : United States
- 32- The High Dam at Aswan : Egypt
- 33- The Communications Satellite (COMSAT) : United States
- 34- The National Trails System : United States
- 35- Shinkansen-National High-speed Railways : Japan
- 36- The Trans-Alaska Pipeline : United States and Canada
- 37- The Itaipú Hydroelectric Power Project : Brazil and Paraquay
- 38- The founding of Abuja : Nigeria
- 39- The Channel Tunnel : England and France
- 40- SEMATECH : United States
- 41- The Central Artery/Tunnel Project ("Big Dig") : United States
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