Название: Commercial Ships on the Great Lakes: A Photo Gallery
Автор: Franz Von Riedel
Издательство: Iconografix
Год: 2005
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 164
Размер: 175,7 МБ
Язык: Английский

For centuries, millions of tons of cargo have moved across the five Great Lakes. The lakes have always held on to the old-school ways of using single screw tugboats, steam propulsion, and incredibly talented engineers and captains who can maneuver their vessels in and out of tight quarters and winding tributaries.

Название: Great Western Railway Gallery: A Pictorial Journey Through Time
Автор: Laurence Waters
Издательство: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1526707039
Год: 2019
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 224
Размер: 83,2 МБ
Язык: Английский

It could be argued that the great Western or 'Gods' Wonderful Railway' was for many years the most famous railway in England. Much of the railway that we see today was the work of one of the greatest engineers of his time, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The company was also served by locomotive engineers such as Gooch, Armstrong, Churchward, Collett and Hawksworth, who produced a series of locomotives that were well designed, elegant and powerful.