Ireland's Civil Engineering Heritage

This fully illustrated book looks at the civil engineers of Ireland who helped build the transportation system that brought the nation into the Industrial Revolution. The achievements of such famous names as Alexander Nimmo, Sir John Macneill, Bindon Blood Stoney, and John Killaly are described in this important contribution to the industrial history of Ireland. It includes a gazetteer of many surviving historical civil engineering works throughout Ireland, from bridges, aqueducts, and viaducts, to canals, dams, and water supplies, and from docks and harbors to lighthouses.