John Frank Stevens: American Trailblazer

by Odin A. Baugh

Builder of railroads throughout the United States, Canada, and Russia, designer and constructor of the Panama Canal, discoverer of mountain passes, and advisor to railway officials--all of these accomplishments give evidence that John Frank Stevens, for his time, was one of the greatest civil engineers in the world.

Western railroads dominated his career. His early career was in Minnesota and Texas. In 1879 he was hired as an assistant engineer...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870623370
• ISBN13: 9780870623370
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Arthur H. Clark Company
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.4"