Bridge Builders Whipple, Squire
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America's Railroads and Skyscrapers Indebted to Civil Engineer Squire Whipple - Essay on Whipple's development of the first scientifically based rules for bridge construction.
Bridge-Building - Facsimile of Whipple's 1847 essays which include original plans and practical details for iron and wooden bridges. Also available in text and tiff formats.
An Elementary and Practical Treatise on Bridge Building - Full text of Whipple's book published in 1873. From the University of Michigan Library. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.