Bridges
Learn about the different types of bridges, the civilizations and people who engineered and risked their lives to construct them.
624.2
year: 2016
copies: 9
call number/section: 624.2
lexile:
Fantastic Feats And Failures
Presents an introduction to engineering, and tells the stories of a selection of engineering feats and failures, including the Sydney Opera House, the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and many others.
624.1
year: 2004
copies: 19
call number/section: 624.1
lexile: 960
subjects: structural design, structural failures, structural analysis (engineering), engineering, design, buildings, bridges [X], engineers [X]
The Brooklyn Bridge
Describes the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, from its conception by John Roebling in 1852 through, after many setbacks, its final completion under the direction of his son, Washington, in 1883.
624
year: 1996
copies: 17
call number/section: 624
lexile: 820
subjects: roebling family, roebling, john augustus, roebling, washington augustus, bridges, suspension, bridges [X], engineers [X], brooklyn bridge (new york, n.y.)
Stickmen's Guide To Engineering
Explore the structures in your everyday life and around the world that exist because of engineering.
FIC
year:
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1020
subjects: structural engineering, engineering, engineers [X], transport planes, bridges [X], automobiles, buildings, ships, high speed trains
Building Bridges
Explores the engineering challenges behind building bridges, as well as the creative solutions found to overcome those challenges.
FIC
year:
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 710