Bøger af Roland Paxton

"A gazetteer and guidebook to inform anyone with an interest in civilisation."- Gordon Masterton, President 2005-06, The Institution of Civil Engineers This book completes the Civil Engineering Heritage series for the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. It is an inventory and a guide to a selection of historical engineering works carried out in Scotland over the centuries, from the Callanish Standing Stones to the pre-stressed concrete lighthouse at Ve Skerries.

An account of much of the surviving work of civil engineers in Scotland from pre-history up until 1980. This book contains 500 illustrations, comprising photographs and some historic views. It include James Watt's drawing for his Rutherglen Bridge, a view of the Forth Bridge nearing completion, and Sir John Fowler's Braemore Estate Bridge.