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1) Underground
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
1976
Description
Text and drawings describe the subways, sewers, building foundations, telephone and power systems, columns, cables, pipes, tunnels, and other underground elements of a large modern city.
Author
Series
Publisher
Crabtree Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"The Underground, the Metro, the Tube, the Subway--whatever you call it, underground transit is a mark of a modern city public transportation system. Packed with historic and contemporary photographs, this compelling book will grab readers with an interest in subways and railways. Also included are underground escape routes and abandoned underground tunnel systems."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Education Media
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Did you know some cities are built underground? They could be hidden just beneath our feet! Let's dig deep to uncover where these cities are hiding and the secrets they contain! HIDDEN, LOST, AND DISCOVERED: Go on an epic journey to explore some of the most interesting places from around the world. Some people may not even know they exist!
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
In Secrets Underground, history buff Elizabeth MacLeod introduces readers to a fascinating world. Learn about the Civil War secrets carefully concealed in Organ Cave, West Virginia, the top-secret equipment that lies deep below Grand Central Terminal in New York City, the network of tunnels in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, that once hid victims of persecution, and much more. MacLeod explains how these lost and hidden subterranean passages, spaces, and...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
When Will Hunt was sixteen years old, he discovered an abandoned tunnel that ran beneath his house in Providence, Rhode Island. His first tunnel trips inspired a lifelong fascination with exploring underground worlds, from the derelict subway stations and sewers of New York City to the sacred caves, catacombs, and tombs, from bunkers to ancient underground cities in more than twenty countries around the world. Underground is both a personal exploration...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
A novel based on a true tale of heroism and invention in the tunnels beneath Lake Erie in 1916.This original graphic novel imagines the lives of blue-collar workers involved in the real-life Lake Erie tunnel disaster of 1916 in Cleveland. Author Scott MacGregor and illustrator Gary Dumm tell the intersecting stories of a brilliant African American inventor, Ben Beltran (based on the real-life Garrett Morgan, Sr.), desperate immigrants tunneling beneath...
Author
Publisher
North Point Press
Pub. Date
2002
Description
Noted author, war correspondent, and award-winning writer for the Atlantic Monthly, William Langewiesche furnishes a riveting firsthand account of the excavation of the World Trade Center ruins following its destruction on September 11, 2001. American Ground is an inspiring look at the often contentious mixture of personalities, politics, and emotions that fueled this massive effort. It is also a testament to American ingenuity in the aftermath of...
12) Avoiding and resolving disputes in underground construction: successful practices and guidelines
Publisher
ASCE
Pub. Date
c1989
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