A century in the works : Freese and Nichols consulting engineers, 1894-1994 /

In November of 1891, at the age of twenty-five, John MacDonald Blackstock Hawley arrived in Fort Worth, Texas. A civil engineer from Minnesota, Hawley "hung out his shingle" in 1894 and began a tradition of engineering in Texas that his successors in the firm of Freese and Nichols have con...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Freese, Simon W., 1900-
Otros Autores: Sizemore, Deborah Lightfoot
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1994.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Engineering firms > Texas > History.
Hydraulic engineers > Texas > Biography.
Civil engineering > Texas > History.
Sociétés d'ingénieurs-conseils > Texas > Histoire.
Ingénieurs hydrauliciens > Texas > Biographies.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Corporate & Business History.
Civil engineering
Engineering firms
Hydraulic engineers
Texas
Biographies
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Germs, Engineers, and Public Health: The Battle against Waterborne Disease
  • 1. John B. Hawley, Engineer-Scientist
  • 2. White Rock and Lake Worth
  • 3. The Water Supply of Saint-Nazaire, France
  • 4. Hawley & Sands
  • 5. Hawley & Freese
  • 6. Lakes Bridgeport and Eagle Mountain
  • 7. Hawley, Freese & Nichols
  • 8. The Corpus Christi Dam Break
  • 9. The Chicago Lake-Lowering Controversy
  • 10. A National Emergency
  • 11. Back from the Depression
  • 12. Building for Victory
  • 13. Disarming the German War Machine
  • 14. Water for West Texans
  • 15. A Thankless Job
  • 16. A Texas-wide Water Plan
  • 17. People, Plants, and 'Pikes
  • 18. Making Lakes
  • 19. Marvin C. Nichols, 1896-1969
  • 20. Designs of the Seventies
  • 21. Freese and Nichols, Inc.
  • 22. Richland, Stacy, and Between
  • 23. Simon W. Freese, 1900-90
  • 24. The Second Century.

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