Description: Agnes Addison Gilchrist. William Strickland : Architect and Engineer. University of Pennsylvania Press 1950. Signed by author. Black cloth hardcover, gold lettering. Bumping to head and foot. Light bumping to corners. Previous owners signature. Quarto 122 pp text @ 50 plates in black and white "William Strickland, was a noted architect and civil engineer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Nashville, Tennessee. A student of Benjamin Latrobe and mentor to Thomas Ustick Walter, Strickland helped establish the Greek Revival movement in the United States. A pioneering engineer, he wrote a seminal book on railroad construction, helped build several early American railroads, and designed the first ocean breakwater in the Western Hemisphere." Wikipedia
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Publication Year: 1950
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: William Strickland : Architect and Engineer
Author: Gilchrist.
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Genre: Art & Culture, History
Topic: Architecture, Biography
Subjects: Mathematics & Sciences
Modified Item: Yes
Subject: Science & Technology
