John Frank Stevens : Civil Engineer.

John Frank Stevens : Civil Engineer.

One of America's foremost civil engineers of the past 150 years, John Frank Stevens was a railway reconnaissance and location engineer whose reputation was made on the Canadian Pacific and Great Northern lines. Self-taught and driven by a bulldog tenacity of purpose, he was hired by Theodore Ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Foust, Clifford
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2013.
Series:Railroads past and present.
Subjects:
Stevens, John F. > (John Frank), > 1853-1943.
Stevens, John F. > (John Frank), > 1853-1943
Railroad engineers > United States > Biography.
Railroad engineering > History.
Railroads > History.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
Railroad engineering
Railroad engineers
United States
Biographies
History
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 A Boy of West Gardiner; 2 Beginnings; 3 The Great Northern; 4 The Panama Canal: In; 5 The Panama Canal: Out; 6 Interlude; 7 Railroading in Russia; 8 The Final Decades; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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