| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 145 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- The Great COOPER RIVER BRIDGE -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Illustrations and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One The Dream -- The First Bridge: The Ashley River Bridge -- The Coney Island of the South -- Sullivan's Island -- New Owners, New Dreams -- Chapter Two Change Comes to Charleston -- The Naval Base and Tourism -- The Great Debate: A Private or Public Bridge -- Chapter Three John Patrick Grace -- Charleston Roots -- Grace in Public Life -- The Burden of a Lawyer -- Chapter Four Building the Bridge -- Selecting a Location |
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Waddell and Hardesty, Bridge Engineers -- Selecting a Bridge Design -- A Cantilevered Truss -- The Bridge Is Built -- Tragedy Strikes -- Construction of the Superstructure -- The Completed Bridge -- Chapter Five Hope and Despair -- The ""Great Cooper River Bridge"" Is Opened -- The Hopes of the '20s, the Reality of the '30s -- Purchase and Repurchase -- The Bridge Is Free -- Chapter Six The Bridge Comes of Age -- The Nicaragua Victory and Tragedy -- Growth of East Cooper -- Mishaps and Memories -- The New Cooper River Bridge -- The Bridge Run -- The End of the Bridges -- Epilogue -- Appendix |
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Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
From the doldrums of the Depression to the growth of the 1990s, the Cooper River Bridge played a vital role in Charleston's transformation from an impoverished, isolated city to a vibrant and prosperous metropolis. Now obsolete and no longer adequately serving the needs of the Charleston area, the "old" Cooper River Bridge, and the "new" Silas N. Pearman Bridge-the Cooper River Bridge's larger sister structure that was erected in 1966-will be replaced. Funding, design, and construction are presently underway to replace the old structure with a single, modern bridge. The two original bridges have become true emblems of Charleston, much like the Eiffel Tower of Paris or the Golden Gate Bridge of San Francisco. With their removal, Charleston will lose two of its most significant landmarks. The Great Cooper River Bridge provides the complete history of this architectural icon, exploring how early twentieth-century Charleston helped shape the bridge, and how the bridge subsequently shaped the city. With more than eighty photographs, this illustrated volume documents a remarkable engineering feat and a distinctive structure before it becomes a memory |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-140) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Civil -- Bridges.
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Ponts -- Histoire -- États-Unis -- 20e siècle.
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| SUBJECT |
John P. Grace Memorial Bridge (Charleston, S.C.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002000991
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| Subject |
South Carolina -- Charleston -- John P. Grace Memorial Bridge
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gabriel, Pamela, 1944-
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| ISBN |
9781643361291 |
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1643361295 |
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