Review of reviews and world's work (1890) (14596647840)

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Title: Review of reviews and world's work

Year: 1890 (1890s)

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Publisher: New York Review of Reviews Corp

Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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THE LATE L. L. BUCK, CIVIL ENGINEER AND EMINENT BRIDGE-BUILDER. AN ENGINEER AND HIS LIFEWORK. /^NE of the greatest masters of the art of^^^ the engineer that this country of in-ventive and resourceful minds has yet pro-duced was the late Leffert Lefferts Buck,who died at his home near New York onJuly 17. IVIr. Buck, among many impor-tant engineering projects, was notably iden- tified with the linking of New York andBrooklyn by great bridges. He was the de-signer and builder of the second of theseBrooklyn bridges and the consulting engineerof the third. His steel-arch bridges atNiagara Falls are regarded as landmarks inthe history of that type of construction. 176 THE AMERICAN REVIEW OF REVIEWS. His pioneer work in Peru and Ecuador as His connection with the Niagara Fallsthe builder of difficult pieces of railway in- bridges continued until his death. Twentyvolving high bridges and viaducts gave him years after his first bridge reconstructionsa reputation on the west coast of South ove

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