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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Pages in good condition. Some tanning due to age. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> How was Manhattan constructed from the early Dutch settlements to modern sky- scrapers and office buildings? The precise line drawings and clearly written text in The Building of Manhattan provide detailed information on exactly how Man- hattan developed above ground and below how the sewers subways and water lines were laid how the telephone and electrical cables were installed. The reader is given thorough explana- tions of construction techniques?includ- ing cast iron and poured concrete?in double-page spreads and close-up details. The text and drawings run concurrently providing a history both of Manhattan and of the building techniques that were devel- oped to sustain its growth. Several spreads establish the historical background for each period covered giving a context for the rapid growth of New York from a small vil- lage at the foot of the island to a modern metropolis connected to the mainland by a network of bridges train lines and tun- nels with a support system of electrical lines and aqueducts.