Cast-Iron Architecture in America: The Significance of James Bogardus - Hardcover

Gayle, Carol; Gayle, Margot

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393730158 ISBN 13: 9780393730159

Verlag: WW Norton & Co, 1998

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Book by Gayle Carol Gayle Margot

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Nineteenth-century American inventor and entrepreneur James Bogardus was known for his unique grinding mill and other patented devices, but his enduring claim to fame is his cast-iron structures, forerunners of the modern skyscraper. A passionate advocate for iron's strength, economy, suitability for ornamentation, and fire resistance, he invented several new methods of construction; his buildings rose from New York to San Francisco and Havana. Modern interest in Bogardus stems from the historic preservation movement; his four surviving buildings, in New York, are recognized landmarks.

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Carol Gayle teaches history at Lake Forest College, Illinois. Margot Gayle, a nationally known authority on cast-iron architecture, lives in New York City.

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• Verlag: WW Norton & Co
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0393730158
• ISBN 13: 9780393730159
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272