Cast-iron architecture in America : the significance of James Bogardus /
Material type: TextPublisher: New York ; London : W.W. Norton, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Edition: First editionDescription: 272 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0393730158
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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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