ResearchGuides: Bridges: Celebrated Bridge Builders

Biographies of Great Engineers

Bridges and Their Builders by David Steinman and Sara Watson
Call Number: TG15 .S68 1957
Review the human history of bridge building from the Romans to engineers such as Eads and Roebling.
Robert Maillart and the Art of Reinforced Concrete by David Billington
Call Number: TG340 .B56 1990 Number of items:1
Explore 14 of the best works by Robert Maillart (1872-1940), a Swiss engineer who merged beauty with the economy of reinforced concrete construction.
Engineers of Dreams: Great Bridge Builders and the Spanning of America by Henry Petroski
Call Number: TG23.P47 1995
Examine the lives of key engineers during the great era of American bridge building, from the 1870's to 1930's, which produced such iconic structures as the Golden Gate Bridge, Eads Bridge, Hell Gate Bridge and George Washington Bridge.
Silent Builder: Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge by Marilyn Weigold
Call Number: TG25 .N53 W45 1984
Read the biography of this remarkable woman who became the liaison between her invalid husband, the Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Bridge, and the laborers, foremen and assistant engineers.
Six Bridges: the Legacy of Othmar H. Ammann by Darl Rastorfer
Call Number: TG25.N5 R371 2000
Publication Date: 2000
Be inspired by the man who designed six impressive long-span bridges that changed the face of New York City and made engineering history.
Thomas Telford: Engineer by Alastair Penfold
Call Number: TA140.T3 T47 1980 ESL
Explore the life of this architect turned civil engineer whose contributions had a significant impact on the social and historical development of Britain during the 19th century.
The Great Engineers: The Art of British Engineers 1837-1987 by Edited by Derek Walker
Call Number: TA57 .G74 1987
View brief profiles of top British engineers in relation to their projects and contributions to the field.
Washington Roebling's Father by Washington Augustus Roebling; Donald Sayenga (Editor)
Call Number: 2nd Floor TA140.R7 R73 2009
ISBN: 9780784409480
John A. Roebling and His Suspension Bridge on the Ohio River by Don Heinrich Tolzmann
Call Number: 2nd Floor TA140.R7 T65 2007
ISBN: 9781932250473
Thomas Bouch by John Rapley
Call Number: 2nd Floor TF140 .B68 R36 2007
ISBN: 9780752436951
The Roebling Legacy by Clifford Zink; Princeton Landmark Publications LLC
Call Number: 2nd Floor TA140.R7 Z56 2011
ISBN: 9780615428055
The Road Taken by Henry Petroski
Call Number: 2nd Floor HE355.3.E3 P4 2016
ISBN: 9781632863607
Chief Engineer by Erica Wagner
Call Number: 2nd Floor TA140.R72 W3 2017
ISBN: 9781620400517

Thomas Telford (1757-1834)

Life of Thomas Telford, civil engineer. Edited by John Rickman. London: Payne and Foss.

Call Number: History of Science Collection TA140 .T3 1838

James Buchanan Eads (1820-1887)

A History of the St. Louis Bridge by C.M. Woodward. St. Louis: G.I. Jones and Company, 1881.

Call Number: TG 25.S15 W6 folio Rare Book Cage

Biographical Dictionaries

The Biographical Dictionary of Scientists: Engineers and Inventors by David Abbott
Call Number: TA139 .B56 1986 Reference Room
A Biographical Dictionary of People in Engineering: from Earliest Records until 2000 by Carl Hall
Call Number: TA139 .H26 2008

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