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The Romance of Modern Engineering

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As it would be impossible to treat, in the compass of a few hundred pages, all the great engineering feats of modern times without reducing individual accounts to uninteresting brevity, the author has preferred, where selection is possible, to take typical instances of engineering practice, and, by the aid of comparatively detailed descriptions, to place the reader in a position to appreciate them and similar undertakings. - Summary by Adapted from the Preface (10 hr 21 min)

Chapters

The Harnessing of Niagara

37:16

Read by Krista Zaleski

The Taming of the Nile

33:27

Read by ToddHW

Dams and Aqueducts

43:33

Read by snash

The Forth Bridge

52:08

Read by Nigel Kerr

The Tower Bridge

31:18

Read by prajak

American Bridges

26:19

Read by mleigh

The Trans-Siberian Railway

42:37

Read by Sonia

Cairo to the Cape

27:08

Read by BettyB

The Loftiest Railway in the World

12:39

Read by BettyB

City Railways

24:57

Read by prajak

The Severn Tunnel

38:56

Read by snash

The Simplon Tunnel

35:24

Read by Availle

The Manchester Ship Canal

32:59

Read by Ian S. Carr

The Panama Canal

40:35

Read by Piotr Nater

Harbours of Refuge

21:12

Read by Inkell

Ocean Leviathans

52:50

Read by EdFoster

Floating Docks

25:15

Read by William Cheng

The Romance of Petroleum

29:56

Read by HelloCentral

Artesian Wells

12:32

Read by J. M. Smallheer