Miracle Bridge at MacKinac
Author : J Steinman
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,29 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
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ISBN : 9780814320433
Author : J Steinman
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 38,29 MB
Release : 1988-01-01
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ISBN : 9780814320433
Author : David Barnard Steinman
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,55 MB
Release : 1957
Category : Mackinac Bridge (Mich.)
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Author : Wayne State University Press
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 41,61 MB
Release : 1989-06-01
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ISBN : 9780814320426
Author : Mike Fornes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,34 MB
Release : 2008-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738561073
Author : Mike Fornes
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 32,35 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738550695
Chronicles the history of the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan, the longest suspension bridge in the United States, from the struggles to support its creation to its resilience to hits by man-made structures and Mother Nature.
Author : Lawrence A. Rubin
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 18,16 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814318171
With a total span length of 8,344 feet from anchor block to anchor block, the Mackinac Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the world. It surpasses the Golden Gate Bridge, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the Humber Bridge in England, even with their longer center spans. Every phase of construction of the Mackinac Bridge was photographed. The pictures in this book, selected from 3,000 black-and-white photos, document important stages of the monumental undertaking. Captions detail the procedures used during construction. The result is a volume which captures the struggles and the hardships, as well as the determination and the pride of the men who labored to build Mighty Mac.
Author : Willard Baird
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release : 1958
Category : Mackinac Bridge (Mich.)
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Author : Gloria Whelan
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 32,83 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1410308472
Set in the late 1950s, this is the moving story of a young boy whose father operates a ferryboat between Michigan's Upper and Lower peninsulas. As young Mark witnesses the building of the new Mackinac Bridge, he is torn between family loyalty and eager anticipation. He can't help being awestruck by the majesty of the five-mile-long bridge that will connect the two peninsulas and change the lives of so many. But the Mighty Mac will also put Mark's father out of business. As his father struggles with the flow of progress, Mark dreams of future bridges he will build. Details of the complex construction of the bridge will fascinate children as they learn an important part of America's history and come to understand the meaning of change. The Mackinac Bridge Authority provides history notes at the back of the book.
Author : Prentiss Marsh Brown
Publisher :
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 48,20 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Transportation
ISBN :
Author : Lawrence A. Rubin
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 20,59 MB
Release : 1985-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780814318126
The project-the longest total suspension bridge in the world-would span the Starits of Mackinac where winds exceed eighty miles an hour and ice windrows reach a height of forty feet. It would connect two largely rural communities with a combined population of less than four thousand and would require the largest bond issue ever proposed for the construction of a bridge. Little wonder that some Wall Street investors labeled the proposition as ludicrous. Nonetheless, the Mackinac Bridge became a reality.