San Francisco: Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District 1970 Second enlarged and best edition to which has been added a 48-page supplement by Clifford E. Paine and three more folding plans. 4to. 246 48pp. Folding color frontispiece many illustrations from photographs text maps and diagrams 12 large tipped-in folding plans in the back 3 further folding plans in the Supplement pictorial endpapers. Orange cloth stamped in white. A very fine and bright copy in printed and pictorial dust jacket lightly chipped. The final report of Joseph B. Strauss the Chief Engineer on the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. It includes information on all aspects of the bridge from building materials to different stages of construction. The folding plans show the main bridge plan and elevation cross-sections and diagrams of the towers the road and piers plans of the cable anchorage details of the tower bases etc. etc. Extensively illustrated throughout. The Supplement expands the information to include major structural modifications made since opening day. The supplemental illustrations include many extra photographs and plates and 3 new large folding plans showing cross-sections and diagrams of the towers the road and piers. Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District hardcover
Libraries Unlimited. Used - Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear and may have some markings on the inside. Libraries Unlimited unknown
Bookseller reference : GRP53460293 ISBN : 1591582695 9781591582694
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