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Cast-iron architecture in America : the significance of James Bogardus /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York ; London : W.W. Norton, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: First editionDescription: 272 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0393730158
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Foreword -- Preface -- Iron Architecture Before Bogardus -- James Bogardus, Mechanic-Inventor, 1800-1846 -- Inventing Cast-Iron Architecture, 1847-1850 -- Builder in Cast Iron, 1850 - 1851 -- The Era of the Crystal Palace, 1852 - 1853 -- The Harper Buildings and the Tompkins Market, 1854-1855 -- Cast-Iron Architecture Comes of Age -- Cast-Iron Architecture Vindicated: The end of the 1850s -- Man of Progress, 1859 - 1862 -- The Final Decade -- The Legacy of James Bogardus -- List of Buildings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: The first book on the life and work of 19th-century American inventor and entrepreneur James Bogardus, known for his unique grinding mill and other patented devices. However, his enduring claim to fame is his cast-iron structures, forerunners of the modern skyscraper. Modern interest in Bogardus stems from the historic preservation movement. His four surviving buildings in New York are recognized landmarks. Illustrated.
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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Reference Carleton University, AVRC Richardson Collection - Non CIrculating - Call No. Accompanied by Red Dot Open-stacks TH140.B64G38 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 16055001155

"A Norton professional book"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-266) and index.

Foreword -- Preface -- Iron Architecture Before Bogardus -- James Bogardus, Mechanic-Inventor, 1800-1846 -- Inventing Cast-Iron Architecture, 1847-1850 -- Builder in Cast Iron, 1850 - 1851 -- The Era of the Crystal Palace, 1852 - 1853 -- The Harper Buildings and the Tompkins Market, 1854-1855 -- Cast-Iron Architecture Comes of Age -- Cast-Iron Architecture Vindicated: The end of the 1850s -- Man of Progress, 1859 - 1862 -- The Final Decade -- The Legacy of James Bogardus -- List of Buildings -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

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