Six lectures given at the Cooper Union in 1902 under Columbia University’s auspices, expanded into a survey of civil engineering. Burr moves from the great works of antiquity through bridges, water supply such as the Croton system feeding New York, and on to the rival Panama and Nicaragua routes for a canal between the oceans.
An engineer’s panorama written just before the Panama Canal was begun, of lasting interest to historians of technology. Download the free EPUB.