The Life of Sir John Fowler, Engineer
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
ISBN-10
1108057675
ISBN-13
9781108057677
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 18th, 2013
Print length
454 Pages
Weight
570 grams
Dimensions
21.60 x 14.00 x 2.60 cms
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Sir John Fowler (1817–98) was one of the great railway engineers, remembered particularly for the development of the Forth Bridge and London's underground railway. As a portrait of one of the architects of Victorian Britain, this biography, published in 1900, will be of great interest to historians of the period.
As a civil engineer, Sir John Fowler (1817–98) devoted his life to the railways. His best-known achievements include the first railway bridge across the Thames in London, Manchester Central Station, the development of the London Underground and (with Sir Benjamin Baker) the Forth Bridge - arguably the most remarkable feat of engineering of the nineteenth century. Given access to friends and family papers, the author and social theorist Thomas Mackay (1849–1912) portrays a man who was fascinated by engineering as a child, and who continued to work up until his death. As a portrait of one of the architects of Victorian Britain, this biography, first published in 1900, will be of great interest to historians of the period as well as readers wishing to know more about the development of iconic infrastructure.
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