Building the Lone Star

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ISBN: 9780890969793 | 0890969795
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Copyright: 12/1/1986

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Texas has changed a lot since the first European settlers arrived. Instead of bare prairies and unfordable creeks, there are now bridges, highways, buildings, and people who use them. Life became easier because engineers thought of unusual and innovative ways to bridge rivers, provide water, and light up the Lone Star skies at night.

A Personal Introduction	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Historic Texas Engineering Works	p. xxii
Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Works	p. 3
Amicable Building	p. 4
Aransas Pass Lighthouse	p. 7
Austin Artesian Well	p. 9
Austin Dam	p. 11
Austin "Moonlight" Tower Street Lighting System	p. 15
Balmorhea Irrigation Project	p. 17
Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge	p. 20
Brazos Santiago Lighthouse	p. 22
Buchanan Dam	p. 24
Buffalo Gap Railway Water System	p. 26
Canadian River Wagon Bridge	p. 29
Canon Ranch Eclipse Windmill	p. 32
Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension Bridge	p. 34
Cleburne Waterworks	p. 36
Congress Avenue Bridge	p. 39
Copano Bay Causeway	p. 42
Corpus Christi Seawall	p. 44
Corsicana Oil Field Discovery Well	p. 47
Cuero Hydroelectric Plant	p. 50
Cullinan Oil Refinery	p. 53
Daisy Bradford No. 3 Oil Well	p. 56
Dallas--Oak Cliff Viaduct	p. 59
Dallas Union Terminal	p. 62
Don Patricio Causeway	p. 65
Droemer Brick Yard	p. 67
Eagle Lake Irrigation System	p. 69
East Navidad River Bridge	p. 71
Elissa	p. 72
El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge	p. 75
El Paso Smelter	p. 77
El Paso Waterworks	p. 80
Fort Davis Military Water System	p. 83
Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge	p. 85
Fort Worth Stockyards	p. 87
Franklin Canal	p. 90
Galveston Causeway	p. 92
Galveston Grade Raising	p. 97
Galveston Highway Bridge	p. 101
Galveston Jetties	p. 102
Galveston Military Fortifications	p. 105
Galveston Seawall	p. 108
Galveston Waterworks	p. 112
Gonzales Hydroelectric Plant	p. 115
Granite Mountain Quarry	p. 117
Hangar Nine	p. 119
Harris County Dome Stadium	p. 121
High Bridge over the Pecos	p. 124
Houston 1879 Waterworks	p. 127
Houston Ship Channel	p. 130
Humphrey Direct Action Pumping Plant	p. 133
International and Great Northern Railroad Station	p. 135
Justiceburg Railway Water System	p. 137
Kelly Plow Works	p. 139
Lake Wichita Dam	p. 141
Landa Rock Mill	p. 144
Lavaca Bay Causeway	p. 145
Los Ebanos Ferry	p. 148
Lucas Gusher	p. 149
McDonald Observatory	p. 152
Matagorda Lighthouse	p. 156
Medina Dam	p. 158
Moore's Crossing Bridge	p. 162
Nash Iron Furnace	p. 165
Nueces Bay Causeways	p. 168
Oil Springs Oil Field	p. 170
Old Alcalde Iron Furnace	p. 174
Old Lone Star Brewery	p. 176
Orange--Port Arthur High Bridge	p. 178
Paddock Viaduct	p. 181
Paris Abattoir	p. 183
Pliska Aeroplane	p. 184
Point Bolivar Lighthouse	p. 187
Point Isabel Lighthouse	p. 189
Porter's Bluff Highway	p. 191
Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge	p. 193
Post City Windmill Waterworks	p. 195
Quitaque Railway Tunnel	p. 198
Red Brick Road	p. 200
Regency Suspension Bridge	p. 203
Republic of Texas Boundary Marker	p. 205
Riverside Swing Bridge	p. 207
San Antonio Acequias	p. 210
San Antonio Sewerage System	p. 215
San Antonio Waterworks	p. 218
San Jacinto Monument	p. 223
San Marcos Activated Sludge Sewage Treatment Plant	p. 228
San Marcos River Covered Bridge	p. 231
Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well	p. 233
Shafter Mining District	p. 236
Slayden Bridge	p. 238
Somerville Tie and Timber Preserving Plant	p. 239
Terlingua Mining District	p. 242
Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway	p. 245
Thurber Mining District	p. 246
Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway Depot and Office Building	p. 249
Tyler Hydraulic Fill Dam	p. 252
Vaughn Brothers Irrigation Plant	p. 255
Victoria "Dutch" Windmill	p. 258
Waco Suspension Bridge	p. 260
Waxahachie Creek Bridge	p. 262
Williamson Dam	p. 264
Yellowhouse Canyon Bridge	p. 265
List of Historic Engineering Sites	p. 269
Index	p. 311
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