000 02355nam a2200229Ia 4500
001 177068
003 0000000000
005 20211104032058.0
008 740218s1964 m a eng u
035 _a(AEA)E6D4269596484B2EBB68A0288ED3EE91
050 _aTG 25.N5394
_b.T143 1964
100 _aTalese, Gay.
_971490
245 4 _aThe bridge /
_cDrawings by Lili Réthi. Photos. by Bruce Davidson.
260 _aNew York :
_bHarper & Row,
_cc1964.
300 _a140 p. :
_bill., ports.
_c24 cm.
520 _aIn the facinating story of the building of the longest span in the world- the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge over the entrance to New York harbor--a first-rate newspaperman has created an absorbing drama of the ways in which this man-made structure has affected myriad lives. There were, first, the dispossessed--the families and the tradespeople of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, who lost their homes and, in many cases, their livelihoods to the bridge. Then, following the wrechers, bulldozers and deep-sea divers, came the bridge builders themselves--an army of Indians, Newfound landers, rebels...the apprentice workers called "punks," the steel connetors, the "pushers" and "walkin' bosses," and, over them all, Hard Nose Murphy, the man in charge of the whole job. All of these were daring men who were paid high and lived high--and, inevitably, some of them died. Here, too, is a telling portrait of the Swiss designer of the Verrazani, O.H. Ammann, creator of great bridges all over the world, including the George Washington and the Triborough. While The Bridge is primarily a story about people, it also provides engrossing lore of bridge-building throughout North America. It is a step-by-step account of the Verrazano-Narrows construction itself: the building of the caissons and anchorages, the erecting of the towerscalbe spinning and teh lifting of the links to form the span. Accompanying the text are the astonishingly beautiful working drawings of Lili Rethi, marvels of engineering precision in themselves. In addition there are portraits of the principal figures by the well-known photographer Bruce Davidson.
650 _aBridges
_zNew York (N.Y.)
_9108949
650 _zVerrazano-Narrows Bridge.
_9108950
700 _aRéthi, Lili,
_9108951
942 _cALR
999 _c75871
_d75871