Thomas Bouch : the builder of the Tay Bridge
Rapley, John2007
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The Tay Railway Bridge was to have been the pinnacle of a career spent building railways and bridges in England and Scotland. When the bridge came crashing down in 1879 it brought down its designer Thomas Bouch as well. John Rapley presents an in-depth biography of this engineer and the fame he craved.
Main title:
Thomas Bouch : the builder of the Tay Bridge / John Rapley.
Author:
Imprint:
Stroud : Tempus, 2007.
Collation:
192 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.The Tay Railway Bridge was to have been the pinnacle of a career spent building railways and bridges in England and Scotland. When the bridge came crashing down in 1879 it brought down its designer Thomas Bouch as well. John Rapley presents an in-depth biography of this engineer and the fame he craved.Bibliography: p. 185-186.
System details:
11462
ISBN:
9780752436951 (pbk)
Dewey class:
625.10092B/BOU624.1009 SCOTTISH625.1009920BOU
LC class:
TF140
Local class:
624.2092S.624.209FO/X
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1094456