Building the Lone Star
by Baker, T. LindsayFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1986-12-01
Publisher(s): Texas A & M Univ Pr
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Summary
Texas has changed a lot since the first European settlers arrived. Instead of bare prairies and unfordable creeks, there are now bridges, highways, buildings, and people who use them. Life became easier because engineers thought of unusual and innovative ways to bridge rivers, provide water, and light up the Lone Star skies at night.
Table of Contents
| A Personal Introduction | p. xi |
| Acknowledgments | p. xix |
| Historic Texas Engineering Works | p. xxii |
| Alamo Portland and Roman Cement Works | p. 3 |
| Amicable Building | p. 4 |
| Aransas Pass Lighthouse | p. 7 |
| Austin Artesian Well | p. 9 |
| Austin Dam | p. 11 |
| Austin "Moonlight" Tower Street Lighting System | p. 15 |
| Balmorhea Irrigation Project | p. 17 |
| Bluff Dale Suspension Bridge | p. 20 |
| Brazos Santiago Lighthouse | p. 22 |
| Buchanan Dam | p. 24 |
| Buffalo Gap Railway Water System | p. 26 |
| Canadian River Wagon Bridge | p. 29 |
| Canon Ranch Eclipse Windmill | p. 32 |
| Clear Fork of the Brazos Suspension Bridge | p. 34 |
| Cleburne Waterworks | p. 36 |
| Congress Avenue Bridge | p. 39 |
| Copano Bay Causeway | p. 42 |
| Corpus Christi Seawall | p. 44 |
| Corsicana Oil Field Discovery Well | p. 47 |
| Cuero Hydroelectric Plant | p. 50 |
| Cullinan Oil Refinery | p. 53 |
| Daisy Bradford No. 3 Oil Well | p. 56 |
| Dallas--Oak Cliff Viaduct | p. 59 |
| Dallas Union Terminal | p. 62 |
| Don Patricio Causeway | p. 65 |
| Droemer Brick Yard | p. 67 |
| Eagle Lake Irrigation System | p. 69 |
| East Navidad River Bridge | p. 71 |
| Elissa | p. 72 |
| El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Rio Grande Bridge | p. 75 |
| El Paso Smelter | p. 77 |
| El Paso Waterworks | p. 80 |
| Fort Davis Military Water System | p. 83 |
| Fort Griffin Iron Truss Bridge | p. 85 |
| Fort Worth Stockyards | p. 87 |
| Franklin Canal | p. 90 |
| Galveston Causeway | p. 92 |
| Galveston Grade Raising | p. 97 |
| Galveston Highway Bridge | p. 101 |
| Galveston Jetties | p. 102 |
| Galveston Military Fortifications | p. 105 |
| Galveston Seawall | p. 108 |
| Galveston Waterworks | p. 112 |
| Gonzales Hydroelectric Plant | p. 115 |
| Granite Mountain Quarry | p. 117 |
| Hangar Nine | p. 119 |
| Harris County Dome Stadium | p. 121 |
| High Bridge over the Pecos | p. 124 |
| Houston 1879 Waterworks | p. 127 |
| Houston Ship Channel | p. 130 |
| Humphrey Direct Action Pumping Plant | p. 133 |
| International and Great Northern Railroad Station | p. 135 |
| Justiceburg Railway Water System | p. 137 |
| Kelly Plow Works | p. 139 |
| Lake Wichita Dam | p. 141 |
| Landa Rock Mill | p. 144 |
| Lavaca Bay Causeway | p. 145 |
| Los Ebanos Ferry | p. 148 |
| Lucas Gusher | p. 149 |
| McDonald Observatory | p. 152 |
| Matagorda Lighthouse | p. 156 |
| Medina Dam | p. 158 |
| Moore's Crossing Bridge | p. 162 |
| Nash Iron Furnace | p. 165 |
| Nueces Bay Causeways | p. 168 |
| Oil Springs Oil Field | p. 170 |
| Old Alcalde Iron Furnace | p. 174 |
| Old Lone Star Brewery | p. 176 |
| Orange--Port Arthur High Bridge | p. 178 |
| Paddock Viaduct | p. 181 |
| Paris Abattoir | p. 183 |
| Pliska Aeroplane | p. 184 |
| Point Bolivar Lighthouse | p. 187 |
| Point Isabel Lighthouse | p. 189 |
| Porter's Bluff Highway | p. 191 |
| Possum Kingdom Stone Arch Bridge | p. 193 |
| Post City Windmill Waterworks | p. 195 |
| Quitaque Railway Tunnel | p. 198 |
| Red Brick Road | p. 200 |
| Regency Suspension Bridge | p. 203 |
| Republic of Texas Boundary Marker | p. 205 |
| Riverside Swing Bridge | p. 207 |
| San Antonio Acequias | p. 210 |
| San Antonio Sewerage System | p. 215 |
| San Antonio Waterworks | p. 218 |
| San Jacinto Monument | p. 223 |
| San Marcos Activated Sludge Sewage Treatment Plant | p. 228 |
| San Marcos River Covered Bridge | p. 231 |
| Santa Rita No. 1 Oil Well | p. 233 |
| Shafter Mining District | p. 236 |
| Slayden Bridge | p. 238 |
| Somerville Tie and Timber Preserving Plant | p. 239 |
| Terlingua Mining District | p. 242 |
| Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway | p. 245 |
| Thurber Mining District | p. 246 |
| Trinity and Brazos Valley Railway Depot and Office Building | p. 249 |
| Tyler Hydraulic Fill Dam | p. 252 |
| Vaughn Brothers Irrigation Plant | p. 255 |
| Victoria "Dutch" Windmill | p. 258 |
| Waco Suspension Bridge | p. 260 |
| Waxahachie Creek Bridge | p. 262 |
| Williamson Dam | p. 264 |
| Yellowhouse Canyon Bridge | p. 265 |
| List of Historic Engineering Sites | p. 269 |
| Index | p. 311 |
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