Historic Bridges of the Quad Cities Area by Robert L Replinger

Historic Bridges of the Quad Cities Area by Robert L Replinger

A description of all bridges, past and present, on the Mississippi and Rock Rivers in the Quad Cities area of Illinois and Iowa. Included are bridges on the Mississippi at Muscatine and Clinton, Iowa, and Savanna, Illinois. Photographs or other images of each bridge are included. The origin of each bridge is described, along with the geographical and historical context within which each was built. Bridges date from the 1850s and include the first railroad bridge on the Mississippi, which connected Rock Island, Illinois, with Davenport, Iowa. A number of bridge types are represented including truss, cantilever, suspension, arch, and girder.

Roseman, Curtis C.: - The Historic Core of Los Angeles boasts a team of distinguished contributing authors including Curtis C. Roseman, professor emeritus of geography at USC; Ruth Wallach, head of the Architecture and Fine Arts Library at USC; Dace Taube, the Regional History Collection librarian for Specialized Libraries and Archival Collections at USC; Linda McCann, project director of the Los Angeles Comprehensive Bibliographic Database at USC; and Geoffrey DeVerteuil, assistant professor of geography at the University of Manitoba specializing in urban geography. The bulk of the images in this book come from the Regional History Collection of the USC libraries, including archives from the California Historical Society, the Los Angeles Examiner, and the Dick Whittington collection.

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ISBN 13	9780578529608
ISBN 10	0578529602
Title	Historic Bridges of the Quad Cities Area
Author	Robert L Replinger
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	1503376
Year published	2019-07-15
Number of pages	138
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