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The great Cooper River Bridge /
From the doldrums of the Depression to the growth of the 1990s, the Cooper River Bridge played a vital role in Charleston's transformation from an impoverished, isolated city to a vibrant and prosperous metropolis. Now obsolete and no longer adequately serving the needs of the Charleston area,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Columbia :
University of South Carolina Press,
©2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- The Great COOPER RIVER BRIDGE
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Illustrations and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter One The Dream
- The First Bridge: The Ashley River Bridge
- The Coney Island of the South
- Sullivan's Island
- New Owners, New Dreams
- Chapter Two Change Comes to Charleston
- The Naval Base and Tourism
- The Great Debate: A Private or Public Bridge
- Chapter Three John Patrick Grace
- Charleston Roots
- Grace in Public Life
- The Burden of a Lawyer
- Chapter Four Building the Bridge
- Selecting a Location
- Waddell and Hardesty, Bridge Engineers
- Selecting a Bridge Design
- A Cantilevered Truss
- The Bridge Is Built
- Tragedy Strikes
- Construction of the Superstructure
- The Completed Bridge
- Chapter Five Hope and Despair
- The ""Great Cooper River Bridge"" Is Opened
- The Hopes of the '20s, the Reality of the '30s
- Purchase and Repurchase
- The Bridge Is Free
- Chapter Six The Bridge Comes of Age
- The Nicaragua Victory and Tragedy
- Growth of East Cooper
- Mishaps and Memories
- The New Cooper River Bridge
- The Bridge Run
- The End of the Bridges
- Epilogue
- Appendix
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index