The Innovators: The Engineering Pioneers who Transformed America College

The Innovators. A richly illustrated introduction to theengineering triumphs that made America modern.

Praise for The Tower and the Bridge.

"Fascinating and informative...should be required reading forarchitects, engineers, and anyone who is interested in the specialrole of structural art in our technological society." Myron Goldsmith

"David Billington brings the special insight of an engineer tothe study of history. The result is a provocative analysis...boundto excite and instruct a wide variety of readers, from the casualbuff to the professional scholar. The book is a delight to read." Merritt Roe Smith.

IRON, STEAM, AND EARLY INDUSTRY, 1776–1855.

Modern Engineering and the Transformation of America.

Watt, Telford, and the British Beginnings.

Fulton′s Steamboat and the Mississippi.

Lowell and the American Industrial Revolution.

Francis and the Industrial Power Network.

CROSSING THE CONTINENT, 1830–1883.

The Stephensons, Thomson, and the Eastern Railroads.

Henry Morse, and the Telegraph.

St.

Louis versus Chicago and the Continental Railroads.

Carnegie and the Climax of Steel.

Edison and the Network for Light.

The Centennial Revolutions, 1876–1883.

Notes and References.

Index.

Problems.