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Super Structures - The Seawolf Submarine
Elaine Pascoe
Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Oct. 29, 2003)For almost a century, submarines have patrolled the world's oceans. Their missions, even their construction, have been cloaked in secrecy. Now, we'll take you where cameras have never been allowed before, to witness the incredible birth of a modern nuclear submarine about to embark on a potentially dangerous mission. This is the story of the most complex military machine of the 20th Century, a superstructure called Seawolf.
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Super Structures - Thinking Big: America's Greatest Constructions
Elaine Pascoe
Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Oct. 30, 2003)America is home to some of the greatest buildings ever constructed. Not just mighty mighty monuments and stunning skyscrapers but buildings that are exciting, extraordinary, and sometimes even outrageous. From East to West and North to South these gigantic structures have conquered a continent and defined the American way of life. In this book, we celebrate the brilliant architects, the inventive engineers, and the brave workers who together built the buildings that say AMERICA.
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Super Structures - The Pentagon
Elaine Pascoe
Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Oct. 30, 2003)It's the largest office building in the world. Its business is war. In all of history, there has never been a place quite like it. From inside this concrete fortress, Department of Defense employees control the actions of the world's most powerful military.
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Super Structures - The London Underground
Elaine Pascoe
Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Oct. 31, 2003)Sixty feet beneath the historic streets of London, an army of 20,000 people are laboring on Europe's most massive engineering project since the Channel Tunnel. This is the Jubilee Line Extension to the London Tube. For six years, the engineers were digging tunnels, laying track, building stations. They brought the world's first subway system into the 21st Century.
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Super Structures - The World's Largest Building
Elaine Pascoe
Hardcover (Blackbirch Press, Oct. 30, 2003)The Boeing manufacturing plant in Everett, Washington spits out more big planes than any other plant in history. And it is one of the world's most amazing super structures. There is more room under this roof than any other building in the world.
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Fabulous Bridges
Ian Graham
Library Binding (Amicus, July 1, 2010)"Describes some of the longest and most famous bridges ever built. Includes information on the bridge designers, the challenges they faced, and statistics of the finished bridges"--Provided by publisher.
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Roads and Tunnels
Chris Oxlade, Kevin Madison
Hardcover (Belitha Press Ltd, )None
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Superstructures Skyscrapers and Towers
Chris Oxlade
Hardcover (Chrysalis Books, Feb. 9, 1996)None
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Tunnels
Paige V. Polinsky
Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Sept. 1, 2017)Readers will have a blast learning about Tunnels. From mining tunnels to the Channel Tunnel, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer's job to build and plan for them. Bright, full-page photos fill the pages of this fun title, while easy-to-read text introduces readers to key STEM concepts.Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Incredible Skyscrapers
Geoff Barker
Library Binding (Amicus, July 1, 2010)Describes some of the world's most famous skyscrapers, with information about their architects and the challenges they faced.
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Tremendous Tunnels
Ian Graham
Library Binding (Amicus, July 1, 2010)"Describes some of the longest and most famous tunnels ever built. Includes information on the tunnel designers, the challenges they faced, and statistics of the finished tunnels"--Provided by publisher.
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Bridges
Paige V. Polinsky
Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Sept. 1, 2017)Readers will have a blast learning about Bridges. From truss bridges to suspension bridges, this book explores how they are built, how they are used, and the engineer's job to build and care for them. Bright, full-page photos fill the pages of this fun title, while easy-to-read text introduces readers to key STEM concepts.Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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