The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540223296ISBN-10:1540223299UPC:9781540223296Book Category:History, Transportation, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, Railroads, CivilBook Topic:State & Local, HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCHHMK60Q0
The Blue Ridge Tunnel: A Remarkable Engineering Feat in Antebellum Virginia
In one of the greatest engineering feats of his time, Claudius Crozet led the completion of Virginia's Blue Ridge Tunnel in 1858. Two centuries later, the National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark still proudly stands, but the stories and lives of those who built it are the true lasting triumph. Irish immigrants fleeing the Great Hunger poured into America resolute for something to call their...
Language:EnglishPublisher:History Press Library EditionsISBN-13:9781540223296ISBN-10:1540223299UPC:9781540223296Book Category:History, Transportation, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, Railroads, CivilBook Topic:State & Local, HistorySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.9899Product ID:SCHHMK60Q0
Lyons, Mary E.: - Mary E. Lyons, a former teacher and librarian, became a full-time writer in 1993. She is the author of nineteen books for young readers published by Scribner, Atheneum, Henry Holt, Houghton Mifflin and Oxford University Press. Born and raised in the American South, she holds dual Irish and US citizenships. She and her husband, Paul, are members of the Blue Ridge Tunnel...
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