Engineers and their triumphs / the story of the locomotive, the steamship, bridge building, tunnel making

This work presents a popular, non-technical survey of nineteenth-century engineering achievements, organized into four parts: the locomotive, the steamship, bridge construction, and tunnel making. It traces early experiments and mechanical innovations that made rail traction and high-speed travel possible, follows the evolution of steam navigation from coastal packets to ocean-going liners and their engines, reviews bridge design from simple masonry to tubular and suspension spans and the challenges of building vast crossing structures, and explains tunneling techniques including the use of shield methods for river and mountain passages. Throughout it emphasizes practical problems, collaborative invention, and illustrative examples of construction and machinery.