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Carquinez Bridge, 1927-2007

Author : John V. Robinson
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634990141
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Carquinez Bridge, 1927-2007 written by John V. Robinson and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2016-11-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On May 21, 1927 the Carquinez Bridge opened to traffic between Crockett and Vallejo, California. Just a few miles north of San Francisco, the Carquinez Bridge was the longest highway bridge in the world when it opened. It was also the first bridge across any part of the San Francisco Bay. The reason you have never heard of this magnificent bridge is because its opening was upstaged by Charles Lindbergh's landing in Paris! For most of its working life the Carquinez Bridge lived in the shadow of its more famous siblings: the Oakland Bay Bridge and the mighty Golden Gate Bridge. Still, the Carquinez Bridge was an engineering triumph. Designed by the great engineer David Steinman, the mighty Carquinez was built using new construction techniques and was the first bridge to use earthquake buffers in the design. A second twin Bridge was opened in 1958 and third replacement bridge was opened in 2003. From 2005 through 2007 the old bridge was deconstructed in reverse order of its construction. In this book John V. Robinson takes readers on a photographic journey through time as he documents the birth, life, and death of one of America's great bridges.

An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges

Author : David McFetrich
Publisher : Pen and Sword Transport
ISBN 13 : 1526794470
Total Pages : 650 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Book Synopsis An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges by : David McFetrich

Download or read book An Encyclopaedia of World Bridges written by David McFetrich and published by Pen and Sword Transport. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridges are one of the most important artefacts constructed by man, the structures having had an incalculable effect on the development of trade and civilisation throughout the world. Their construction has led to continuing advances in civil engineering technology, leading to bigger spans and the use of new materials. Their failures, too, whether from an inadequate understanding of engineering principles or as a result of natural catastrophes or warfare, have often caused immense hardship as a result of lost lives or broken communications. In this book, a sister publication to his earlier An Encyclopaedia of British Bridges (Pen & Sword 2019), David McFetrich gives brief descriptions of some 1200 bridges from more than 170 countries around the world. They represent a wide range of different types of structure (such as beam, cantilever, stayed and suspension bridges). Although some of the pictures are of extremely well-known structures, many are not so widely recognisable and a separate section of the book includes more than seventy lists of bridges with distinctly unusual characteristics in their design, usage and history.

The Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge Troll

Author : John V. Robinson
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634990448
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge Troll written by John V. Robinson and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In November of 1989, as workers were finishing their repairs to the quake damaged section of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge, an 18-inch metal sculpture of a troll was smuggled onto the bridge and welded into place on the structure. Known in popular culture as the "Bay Bridge Troll" the little figure has been the source of much media and public speculation now that a new replacement span is open and the old bridge is being demolished. In this book, writer and photographer John V. Robinson traces the story of the Bay Bridge Troll from its creation in 1989 to its removal in August 2013. The details of the Bay Bridge Troll are curious: the troll was made by someone who didn't initially take credit for it, put on the bridge illegally, and removed without permission. Who has the troll now? Where will it end up? The eastern span of old Bay Bridge is history. But the troll remains, a mute witness to one of the world's great bridges. Who, if anyone, really owns the troll? Like the Maltese Falcon from the old movie (another story of small statuette that takes place in San Francisco), can anyone be said to own the troll except by right of possession?"--Provided by publisher.

Not For Tourists Guide to San Francisco 2017

Author : Not For Tourists
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1510710620
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Not For Tourists Guide to San Francisco 2017 written by Not For Tourists and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Not For Tourists Guide to San Francisco is the urban manual to the city that no San Franciscan should be without. This map-based guidebook organizes the city into 40 mapped neighborhoods and marks each map with user-friendly icons locating all of the essential services and entertainment hotspots. Want to stroll along breezy Fisherman’s Wharf? NFT has you covered. How about rummaging through a vintage thrift shop? We’ve got that, too. The nearest gourmet restaurant, cultural hotspot, music venue, or football game—whatever you need—NFT puts it at your fingertips. The guide also includes: • A foldout map showing highways, rail transit, and bike routes • Over 125 neighborhood maps • Coverage of Berkeley, Oakland, and Emeryville • Listings for sports and outdoor activities • Details on bookstores and shopping NFT: the other San Francisco treat.

Not For Tourists Guide to San Francisco 2015

Author : Not For Tourists
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1632200694
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (322 download)

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Download or read book Not For Tourists Guide to San Francisco 2015 written by Not For Tourists and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Not For Tourists Guide to San Francisco is the urban manual to the city that no San Franciscan should be without. This map-based guidebook organizes the city into forty mapped neighborhoods, and marks each map with user-friendly icons locating all of the essential services and entertainment hotspots. From post offices, libraries, restaurants, bars, and hardware stores to information on hotels, airports, public transportation, and city parks, NFT puts everything you need to know at your fingertips. The book also includes: - A foldout map showing highways, rail transit, and bike routes - Over 125 neighborhood maps - Coverage of Berkley, Oakland, and Emeryville - Listings for sports and outdoor activities - Details on bookstores and shopping - NFT: the OTHER San Francisco treat.

Bridge Engineering Handbook

Author : Wai-Fah Chen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439852324
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Bridge Engineering Handbook written by Wai-Fah Chen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 140 experts, 14 countries, and 89 chapters are represented in the second edition of the Bridge Engineering Handbook. This extensive collection highlights bridge engineering specimens from around the world, contains detailed information on bridge engineering, and thoroughly explains the concepts and practical applications surrounding the subjec

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition

Author : Wai-Fah Chen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1439852189
Total Pages : 742 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book Bridge Engineering Handbook, Second Edition written by Wai-Fah Chen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 140 experts, 14 countries, and 89 chapters are represented in the second edition of the Bridge Engineering Handbook. This extensive collection highlights bridge engineering specimens from around the world, contains detailed information on bridge engineering, and thoroughly explains the concepts and practical applications surrounding the subject. Published in five books: Fundamentals, Superstructure Design, Substructure Design, Seismic Design, and Construction and Maintenance, this new edition provides numerous worked-out examples that give readers step-by-step design procedures, includes contributions by leading experts from around the world in their respective areas of bridge engineering, contains 26 completely new chapters, and updates most other chapters. It offers design concepts, specifications, and practice, as well as the various types of bridges. The text includes over 2,500 tables, charts, illustrations, and photos. The book covers new, innovative and traditional methods and practices; explores rehabilitation, retrofit, and maintenance; and examines seismic design and building materials. The fourth book, Seismic Design contains 18 chapters, and covers seismic bridge analysis and design. What’s New in the Second Edition: Includes seven new chapters: Seismic Random Response Analysis, Displacement-Based Seismic Design of Bridges, Seismic Design of Thin-Walled Steel and CFT Piers, Seismic Design of Cable-Supported Bridges, and three chapters covering Seismic Design Practice in California, China, and Italy Combines Seismic Retrofit Practice and Seismic Retrofit Technology into one chapter called Seismic Retrofit Technology Rewrites Earthquake Damage to Bridges and Seismic Design of Concrete Bridges chapters Rewrites Seismic Design Philosophies and Performance-Based Design Criteria chapter and retitles it as Seismic Bridge Design Specifications for the United States Revamps Seismic Isolation and Supplemental Energy Dissipation chapter and retitles it as Seismic Isolation Design for Bridges This text is an ideal reference for practicing bridge engineers and consultants (design, construction, maintenance), and can also be used as a reference for students in bridge engineering courses.

Bridge Engineering Handbook, Five Volume Set

Author : Wai-Fah Chen
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1482255030
Total Pages : 3130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Bridge Engineering Handbook, Five Volume Set written by Wai-Fah Chen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 3130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 140 experts, 14 countries, and 89 chapters are represented in the second edition of the Bridge Engineering Handbook. This extensive collection provides detailed information on bridge engineering, and thoroughly explains the concepts and practical applications surrounding the subject, and also highlights bridges from around the world.Published

Rodeo

Author : Jennifer Dowling
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738547466
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Rodeo written by Jennifer Dowling and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rodeo, located on the east shore of San Pablo Bay, was envisioned as the meatpacking center of the West when it was established by the Union Stockyard Company in 1890. That vision failed, but the town continued attracting residents for jobs at the nearby Hercules powder works, Selby smelter, and Oleum refinery. By the 1940s, a war-based industrial buildup made Rodeos population surge, and this was followed by a postwar boom in housing and retail construction. During these prosperous years, Rodeo was a regional hub for fishing and boating. Times have changed, but the images in these pages recall Rodeos early yearsthe marina, businesses and homes, schools, civic officials, and local industry, as well as the towns celebrations, such as the Holy Ghost and Aquatic Festivals.

The Lincoln Highway: California

Author : Gregory M. Franzwa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (555 download)

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Download or read book The Lincoln Highway: California written by Gregory M. Franzwa and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Greetings from the Lincoln Highway

Author : Brian Butko
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811749789
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Greetings from the Lincoln Highway written by Brian Butko and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special paperback edition for the Lincoln Highway Centennial, with revised text and new images, follows the highway from New York City to San Francisco through 100 years .

An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area

Author : Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny
Publisher : Gibbs Smith
ISBN 13 : 9781586854324
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area written by Susan Dinkelspiel Cerny and published by Gibbs Smith. This book was released on 2007 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Architectural Guidebook to San Francisco and the Bay Area is the definitive guide to the history and architecture of the nine San Francisco Bay Area counties. This compendium has been written and photographed by Susan Cerny and twelve Bay Area experts and provides a historic record of how the area developed to became what it is today, and discusses transportation systems, city and suburban landscape plans, public parkland, California history, and economic, social, and political influences. Included are San Francisco Victorians, civic buildings, churches, parks, grand Period Revivals, and rustic Arts and Crafts homes, as well as significant vernacular buildings in less publicized neighborhoods and towns. Features include: Buildings by all major San Francisco Bay Area architects from the 1860s to the present. More than 2,000 entries. Architectural landmarks in every Bay Area county, arranged by chapter: San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Solano, Napa, Sonoma, and Marin. More than 100 cities, towns, and neighborhoods. A history of architectural styles popular in the Bay Area. More than 20,000 copies sold of our previous architecture guide to the Bay Area.

Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Named Freeways, Highways, Structures and Other Appurtenances in California written by and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ferries of San Francisco Bay

Author : Paul C. Trimble
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738547312
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Ferries of San Francisco Bay written by Paul C. Trimble and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chiefly photos from the collections of the authors.

The California Delta

Author : Carol Ann Jensen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738547879
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book The California Delta written by Carol Ann Jensen and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the delta--California style! Over 1,000 miles of waterways lure sportsmen, boaters, and outdoor enthusiasts to the largest estuary in the western United States, surpassed nationally only by the Mississippi River Delta. For generations, the promise of lazy summer days has beckoned travelers to cruise the mighty Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers. Along with vacationers, however, agricultural users and commercial vessels from around the globe share in the California Delta's bounty. Over 23 million Californians rely on the delta watershed for drinking water, and diversions sustain the largest agricultural industry in the nation. The small towns dotting the sloughs from Collinsville to Stockton to Walnut Grove tell of a simpler time, while today's delta faces such challenges as wildlife-habitat restoration, water rights, housing development, and politics. Complicating these issues, aging levees throughout the low-lying region threaten a disaster of national proportions--and with that prospect, the very future of the California Delta.

Historic San Francisco

Author : Rand Richards
Publisher : Heritage House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781879367050
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Historic San Francisco written by Rand Richards and published by Heritage House Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No American city has a more colorful history than San Francisco. In this unique book, author Rand Richards not only provides a vivid narrative of this special city from its very beginnings all the way through to the modern era, but also tells where to find the historic buildings, sites, museums, and artifacts that make that history come alive. Just a few of the things you will find in Historic San Francisco are the locations of, and the fascinating histories behind: A 1623 Spanish cannon that once guarded the entrance to the Golden Gate. A gold nugget discovered by James Marshall at Coloma in January 1848. The last surviving Nob Hill mansion. Relics from the 1906 earthquake and fire including clusters of melted dimes and pennies found in the ruins. Book jacket.

Ductile Design of Steel Structures, 2nd Edition

Author : Michel Bruneau
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
ISBN 13 : 0071623957
Total Pages : 929 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (716 download)

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Download or read book Ductile Design of Steel Structures, 2nd Edition written by Michel Bruneau and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2011-07-14 with total page 929 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive coverage of the background and design requirements for plastic and seismic design of steel structures Thoroughly revised throughout, Ductile Design of Steel Structures, Second Edition, reflects the latest plastic and seismic design provisions and standards from the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Canadian Standard Association (CSA). The book covers steel material, cross-section, component, and system response for applications in plastic and seismic design, and provides practical guidance on how to incorporate these principles into structural design. Three new chapters address buckling-restrained braced frame design, steel plate shear wall design, and hysteretic energy dissipating systems and design strategies. Eight other chapters have been extensively revised and expanded, including a chapter presenting the basic seismic design philosophy to determine seismic loads. Self-study problems at the end of each chapter help reinforce the concepts presented. Written by experts in earthquake-resistant design who are active in the development of seismic guidelines, this is an invaluable resource for students and professionals involved in earthquake engineering or other areas related to the analysis and design of steel structures. COVERAGE INCLUDES: Structural steel properties Plastic behavior at the cross-section level Concepts, methods, and applications of plastic analysis Building code seismic design philosophy Design of moment-resisting frames Design of concentrically braced frames Design of eccentrically braced frames Design of steel energy dissipating systems Stability and rotation capacity of steel beams