Table of Contents
Contents: Introduction; Part I: Iron Construction - Crystal Palace and After: Some structural problems encountered in the building of the Crystal Palace of 1851, Tom F. Peters; The Boat Store, Sheerness (1858-60) and its place in structural history, A.W. Skempton; Bogardus revisited, Part I: The iron fronts and Part II: The iron towers, Turpin C. Bannister; The development of fireproof construction in Great Britain and the United States in the 19th century, Sarah Wermiel; Part II: Bridges and Exhibition Buildings: The development and use of the tubular beam, 1830-60, Stanley Smith; Surviving cast- and wrought-iron bridges in America, Eric Deloney; The designing of the Eads bridge, John A. Kouwenhoven; Tay Rail Bridge centenary: some notes on its construction, 1882-87, J. S. Shipway; The Forth Railway Bridge centenary 1890-1990: some notes on its design, J. S. Shipway; L’Entreprise Eiffel, Bertrand Lemoine; The Galerie des Machines of the 1889 Paris world’s fair, John W. Stamper; Part III: The Advent of Steel-Framed Construction: The two centuries of technical evolution underlying the skyscraper, Carl W. Condit; Toward a better understanding of the evolution of the iron skeleton frame in Chicago, G.R. Larson and R.M. Geraniotis; Steelwork in building - thirty years’ progress, S. Bylander; Steel frame architecture versus the London Building Regulations: Selfridges, the Ritz and American technology, Jeanne C. Lawrence; Index.
