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John Fowler, Benjamin Baker, Forth Bridge
- Opus 18
Engelsk
Bogcover for John Fowler, Benjamin Baker, Forth Bridge af Angus MacDonald, Iain Boyd Whyte, 9783930698189
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
60
ISBN-13:
9783930698189
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
3930698188
Udg. Dato:
19 dec 1997
Størrelse i cm:
30,6 x 28,9 x 1,2
Serie:
OPUS
Oplagsdato:
19 dec 1997
Hardback 1997
Format:

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When the Forth Bridge opened on 4 March 1890 it was the longest railway bridge in the world and the first large structure made of steel. Crossing the wide Firth of Forth east of Edinburgh, it represents one of the greatest engineering triumphs of Victorian Britain, man’s victory over the intractable topography of land and water. Not surprisingly, such a vigorous rebuff of the natural order was condemned at the time by those late Victorians who resisted the march of technology, and William Morris described the Bridge as the »supremest specimen of all ugliness«. In response, Benjamin Baker insisted that its beauty lay in its functional elegance. Contrasting his masterpiece with the only comparable structure of the period, the Eiffel Tower, he concluded: »The Eiffel Tower is a foolish piece of work, ugly, illproportioned and of no real use to anyone.
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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
60
ISBN-13:
9783930698189
Indbinding:
Hardback
ISBN-10:
3930698188
Udg. Dato:
19 dec 1997
Størrelse i cm:
30,6 x 28,9 x 1,2
Serie:
OPUS
Oplagsdato:
19 dec 1997
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