Continues the series reproducing articles deemed of importance in the history of civil engineering to create handy reference volumes for scholars and students. Here 15 articles originally published in journals and collections ranging from the 1930s to the 1990s explore the gradual shift from iron to steel in civil and structural engineering beginning about the middle of the 19th century, usually considered inaugurated by the construction of the Crystal Palace in 1850-51. They do not discuss the processes of iron and steel manufactures, but focus instead on the use of cast and wrought iron in building construction immediately after 1850; bridge construction during the transition; and framed building structures, especially tall buildings where steel came into its own in the late 1880s. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Acknowledgements vii General Editors Preface xi Introduction xiii PART I: IRON CONSTRUCTION - CRYSTAL PALACE AND AFTER Some structural problems encountered in the building of the Crystal Palace of 1851 1(16) Tom F. Peters The Boat Store, Sheerness (1858-60) and its place in structural history 17(32) A. W. Skempton Bogardus revisited Part I: The iron fronts and Part II: The iron towers 49(20) Turpin C. Bannister The development of fireproof construction in Great Britain and the United States in the nineteenth century 69(24) Sarah Wermiel PART II: BRIDGES AND EXHIBITION BUILDINGS The development and use of the tubular beam, 1830-1860 93(36) Stanley Smith Surviving cast- and wrought-iron bridges in America 129(32) Eric Deloney The designing of the Eads Bridge 161(34) John A. Kouwenhoven Tay Rail Bridge centenary: some notes on its construction, 1882-87 195(22) J.S. Shipway The Forth Railway Bridge centenary, 1890-1990: some notes on its design 217(30) J.S. Shipway Lentreprise Eiffel 247(14) Bertrand Lemoine The Galerie des Machines of the 1889 Paris worlds fair 261(24) John W. Stamper PART III: THE ADVENT OF STEEL-FRAMED CONSTRUCTION The two centuries of technical evolution underlying the skyscraper 285(14) Carl W. Condit Toward a better understanding of the evolution of the iron skeleton frame in Chicago 299(10) G.R. Larson R.M. Geraniotis Steelwork in building: thirty years progress 309(30) S. Bylander Steel frame architecture versus the London Building Regulations: Selfridges, the Ritz, and America technology 339(24) Jeanne C. Lawrence Index 363
Robert Thorne Tom F. Peters, A.W. Skempton, Turpin C. Bannister, Sarah Wermiel, Stanley Smith, Eric Deloney, John A. Kouwenhoven, J. S. Shipway, Bertrand Lemoine, John W. Stamper, Carl W. Condit, G.R. Larson, R.M. Geraniotis, S. Bylander, Jeanne C. Lawrence.
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