Iron, Engineering and Architectural History in Crisis: Following the Case of the River Dee Bridge Disaster, 1847

This paper establishes relations—historical, material and evidential connections—between two responses to a ‘crisis’. The first features in the history of industrialised iron construction, specifically period reporting on the spectacular collapse of the River Dee bridge in Cheshire, England, in 1847...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: William Max Taylor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2013-10-01
Series:Architectural Histories
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Online Access:http://journal.eahn.org/articles/45