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010			_a 2005037902
020			_a0313333734 (vol .1)
020			_a0313333742 (vol. 2)
020			_a0313333548 (set : alk. paper)
020			_a9780313333736
020			_a9780313333743
035			_a(OCoLC)ocm62872469
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dBAKER _dC#P _dWAU _dBD-DhBPA
082	0	0	_a620 _222 _bBUI 2006
245	0	0	_aBuilding the world : _ban encyclopedia of the great engineering projects in history / _c[compiled by] Frank P. Davidson and Kathleen Lusk Brooke.
246	3	0	_aEncyclopedia of the great engineering projects in history
260			_aWestport, Conn. : _bGreenwood Press, _c2006.
300			_a2 v. (xxiii, 937 p.) : _bill., map ; _c27 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 887-909) and index.
505	0		_aVolume 1. Solomon's Temple : Israel -- The founding of Cyrene : Libya -- The aqueducts of Rome : Italy -- The Grand Canal : China -- Protective dikes and land reclamation : The Netherlands -- The founding of Baghdad : Iraq -- Charlemagne's works : Western Europe -- London Bridge : England -- The New River : England -- The Taj Mahal : India -- The Canal des Deux Mers : France -- The founding of St. Petersburg : Russia -- The founding of Washington, DC : United States -- The Erie Canal : United States -- The City of Singapore : Singapore -- The Suez Canal : Egypt -- The Transcontinental Railroad : United States -- The Brooklyn Bridge : United States -- The Canadian Pacific Railway : Canada -- The Eiffel Tower : France -- The Trans-Siberian Railway : Russia -- The Panama Canal : Panama -- The Federal Highway System : United States -- The Colorado River and Hoover Dam : United States -- Volume 2. The Tennessee Valley Authority : United States -- The Manhattan Project and the Atomic Energy Act : United States -- The Alaska Highway : United States and Canada -- The Snowy Mountains Hydroelectric Power Project : Australia -- The Mont Blanc Tunnel : Italy, France, and Switzerland -- The founding of Brasília : Brazil -- NASA and the Apollo Program : United States -- The High Dam at Aswan : Egypt -- The Communications Satellite (COMSAT) : United States -- The National Trails System : United States -- Shinkansen-National High-speed Railways : Japan -- The Trans-Alaska Pipeline : United States and Canada -- The Itaipú Hydroelectric Power Project : Brazil and Paraquay -- The founding of Abuja : Nigeria -- The Channel Tunnel : England and France -- SEMATECH : United States -- The Central Artery/Tunnel Project ("Big Dig") : United States.
590			_aMoklesur
650		0	_aCivil engineering _xHistory _vEncyclopedias. _954589
650		0	_aPublic works _xHistory _vEncyclopedias. _954590
700	1		_aDavidson, Frank Paul, _d1918- _954591
700	1		_aLusk-Brooke, Kathleen. _954592
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2005037902.html
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