The Life of Sir John Fowler, Engineer

by Thomas Mackay

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108057675
• ISBN13: 9781108057677
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.5"