Engineering Timelines

		Alphabetical by Title list by title • list by author
Bill Addis ASE		The Art of the Structural Engineer 1994, Artemis London Limited, London ISBN 1874-056-41-2 Illustrated project-by-project description of techniques.
ed. Prof. Sir Alec Skempton et al BDCE1		The Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1 2002, Thomas Telford Publishing for the ICE, London ISBN 0-7277-2939-X Covers the years 1500-1830.
ed. P.M.S. Cross-Rudkin et al BDCE2		The Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2 2008, Thomas Telford Publishing for the ICE, London ISBN 1-84159-047-9 Covers the years 1830-1890.
Neil Cossons BP		The BP Book of Industrial Archaeology 1987, David & Charles Publishers plc, Newton Abbot ISBN 0-7153-8931-9 Good source of information on industrial processes.
Peter Ashley BG		Bridging the Gap 2001, Everyman Publishers plc in assoc. English Heritage, London ISBN 1-84159-047-9 Full colour pocket guide to British bridges, organised by type.
eds. S.M. Johnson & C.W. Scott-Giles BB		British Bridges 1933, The Public Works, Roads & Transport Congress, London A 1933 technical and historical survey of road bridges across the country. Black & white photos.
Jack Simmons & Gordon Biddle (eds) BRH		British Railway History (The Oxford Companion to) 2003, Oxford University Press, Oxford ISBN 0-19-866328-6 An historical overview covering 1603 to the 1990s
ed. E. A. Labrum CEH E&C		Civil Engineering Heritage: Eastern & Central England 1994, Thomas Telford Ltd for Institution of Civil Engineers, London ISBN 07277 1970 X Comprehensive series of guides to extant British Civil Engineering works. Plentiful further references.
ed. Denis Smith CEH Lond		Civil Engineering Heritage: London & The Thames Valley 2001, Thomas Telford Ltd for Institution of Civil Engineers, London ISBN 07277 2876 8 Comprehensive series of guides to extant British Civil Engineering works. Plentiful further references.
ed. R. W. Rennison CEH North		Civil Engineering Heritage: Northern England 1st pub 1981, 2nd ed 1996, Thomas Telford Ltd for Institution of Civil Engineers, London ISBN 07277 2518 1 Comprehensive series of guides to extant British Civil Engineering works. Plentiful further references.
Roland Paxton and Jim Shipway CEH SHI		Civil Engineering Heritage: Scotland Highlands & Islands 2007, Thomas Telford Ltd for Institution of Civil Engineers, London ISBN 978-0-7277-3488-4 Comprehensive series of guides to extant Scottish Civil Engineering works. Plentiful further references.
Roland Paxton and Jim Shipway CEH SLB		Civil Engineering Heritage: Scotland Lowlands & Borders 2007, Thomas Telford Ltd for Institution of Civil Engineers, London ISBN 978-0-7277-3488-4 Comprehensive series of guides to extant Scottish Civil Engineering works. Plentiful further references.
ed. R. A. Otter CEH South		Civil Engineering Heritage: Southern England 1994, Thomas Telford Ltd for Institution of Civil Engineers, London ISBN 07277 1971 8 Comprehensive series of guides to extant British Civil Engineering works. Plentiful further references.
ed. R. Cragg CEH W&W		Civil Engineering Heritage: Wales & West Central England 1st pub 1986, 2nd ed 1997, Thomas Telford Ltd for Institution of Civil Engineers, London ISBN 07277 2576 9 Comprehensive series of guides to extant British Civil Engineering works. Plentiful further references.
W. Jones DIA		Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology 2006, Sutton Publishing Lt, Stroud, Gloucestershire ISBN 0-7509-4457-9
various DNB		The Dictionary of National Biography 1997, Oxford University Press Version 1.1, software 1997 Reed Technology & Info. Services Ltd
ed. David Doran ECE		Eminent Civil Engineers: their 20th Century Life & Times 1999, Whittles Publishing, Caithness ISBN 1-870325-92-3 Essays by 30 contemporary engineers on a range of issues and experiences.
English Heritage EH		The English Heritage Members' & Visitors' Handbooks 1999-2008, pub each year, English Heritage, Swindon Guides to sites and events.
R. Wailes EngW		The English Windmill Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1977 ISBN 0 7100 2241 7 General guide with details of many. B&W Illustrations.
Geoffrey Cantor, David Gooding & Frank A.J.L. James F		Faraday MacMillan, London, 1991 ISBN 0 333 54291 6 Authoratative biography. B&W Illustrations.
eds. John Cantrell & Gillian Cookson Maud		Henry Maudslay & the Pioneers of the Machine Age 2002, Tempus Publishing Ltd, Stroud ISBN 0 7524 2766 0 A series of essays on the men who made the machines that made the industrial revolution.
Gillian Nelson HighBr		Highland Bridges 1990, Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen ISBN 0-08-037744-0 Guidebook with walks, includes some technical information, glossary, etc.
J. M. Pannell IHCE		An Illustrated History of Civil Engineering 1964, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London From ancient to modern times. Organised by type ...roads, railways, etc.
Anthony Burton IndArch		Industrial Archaeological Sites of Britain 1977, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London ISBN 297 77373 9 Region-by-region industrial history pegged to extant sites.
L.S. Garrad et al IAIM		The Industrial Archaeology of The Isle of Man 1972, David & Charles, London ISBN 0 7153 5440 X Comprehensive guide. B&W Illustrations.
Michael Stratton & Barrie Trinder IndEng		Industrial England 1997, B. T. Batsford with English Heritage, London ISBN 0-7134-7563-3 (limp) Illustrated history by industrial archaeologists. Organised by topic.
eds. Eric Kentley & Angie Hudson & James Peto IKBcat		Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Recent Works 2000, Design Museum, London ISBN 1 872005 25 X Exhibition catalogue.
L. T. C. Rolt IKB		Isambard Kingdom Brunel 1st pub 1957, 1989 ed with Introduction, Penguin Books, London, New York, etc. ISBN 0-14-01.1752-0 Biography with B&W photographs. Introduction by Dr Angus Buchanan.
Prof. A.W. Skempton JS		John Smeaton, FRS Thomas Telford Limited, London, 1981 Biography
Richard Woodman & Jane Wilson Light		The Lighthouses of Trinity House 2002, Thomas Reed Publications, Bradford on Avon Trinity House is the organization responsible for the lighhouses of Britain
Bella Bathurst LightStev		The Lighthouse Stevensons 1999, Flamingo/HarperCollins, London ISBN 0-00-653076-1 Tale of Robert Louis Stevenson's forebears, all lighthouse engineers.
Stephen Croad LiqHist		Liquid History: The Thames Through Time 1st pub 2003, B T Batsford for English Heritage, London ISBN 0 7134 8834 4 Superb photographic illustrations, many historic, with short informative texts by former head of architectural record at the National Monuments Record.
Samuel Smiles Smiles1		Lives of the Engineers, Volume I 1862, John Murray, London Embanking and draining; roads and travel; bridges, harbours and ferries; and biographies of Myddelton and Brindley.
Samuel Smiles Smiles2		Lives of the Engineers, Volume 2 1862, John Murray, London Biographies of Smeaton, Rennie and Telford.
Samuel Smiles Smiles3		Lives of the Engineers, Volume 3 1862, John Murray, London Combined biographies of George and Robert Stephenson written by a contemporary.
Samantha Hardingham Lond		London: A Guide to Recent Architecture 1996, Ellipsis London Ltd, London \| 2002, B T Batsford, London Pocket illustrated guide organized by area.
Jim Lewis LLV		London's Lea Valley 1999, Phillimore & Co. Ltd, Chichester ISBN 1-86077-100-9 Hardback guide to the people, events and places of the Lea Valley, birthplace of the technological revolution.
Trevor I. Williams OSH		Our Scientific Heritage: an A-Z of Great Britain & Ireland 1996, Sutton Publishing Limited, Stroud ISBN 0-7509-0820-3 Guidebook for locating landmarks in science, technology, archaeology, medicine and engineering.
Peter Jones OA		Ove Arup - Masterbuilder of the Twentieth Century 1986, Yale University Press, New Haven and London Biography. See also 2006 edition.
David Cottam OWW		Sir Owen Williams 1890-1969 — Works 1986, Architectural Association, London contributions by Stephen Rosenburg, Frank Newby and George Cragg. Edited by Gavin Stamp
David Yeomans & David Cottam OW		Owen Williams 2001, Thomas Telford Ltd, London ISBN 0-7277-3018-5 From the series The Engineer's Contribution to Contemporary Architecture
James Dyer PEW		Prehistoric England and Wales (The Penguin Guide to) 1981, Allen Lane, Penguin Books Ltd, London ISBN 0 7139 1169 6 Details of more than a thousand sites.
ed. Michael R. Bailey RS		Robert Stephenson - The Eminent Engineer 2003, Ashgate Publishing, Aldershot, Hants. ISBN 0 7546 3679 8 Biographical study.
Roger J.A. Wilson RRB		Roman Remains in Britain, A Guide to the 4th ed. 2002, Constable, London ISBN 1 84119 318 6 Comprehensive guide to the visible remains of Roman Britain. Illustrated.
Richard W. Bagshaw RR		Roman Roads 2000, Shire Publications Ltd, Buckinghamshire ISBN 0 85263 458 7 Brief history and suggestions on how to research Roman roads yourself. B&W illlustrations.
Richard Oram ScotPre		Scottish Prehistory 1997, Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh ISBN 1-874744-69-6 History plus gazetteer of monuments. B&W photographs.
Simon H. Adamson SP		Seaside Piers 1977, B.T. Batsford Ltd, London ISBN 0 7134 0242 3 Major reference. Covers England, Wales and Isle of Man.
Paul Dunkerley SPd		Seaside Piers Research Day School on Maritime Eng. around the Irish Sea 1994, Maritime Museam, Liverpool General history and technical details, particularly of extant piers on the Irish Sea coast.
Simon H. Adamson & Keith Falconer Surv		Survey of Piled Maritime Pleasure Piers in England & Wales 1975, Council for British Archaeology: Ind. Monuments Survey General survey of extant seaside piers.
Anthony Burton TT		Thomas Telford 1999, Aurum Press Ltd, London ISBN 1 85410 652 X Biography with B&W illlustrations.
L. T. C. Rolt VicEng		Victorian Engineering 1st pub 1970, 1974 ed Penguin Books, London, New York, etc. ISBN 0-14-01.1752-0 Enthusiast's history of an era.
R.J. Brown WofE		Windmills of England Robert Hale, London, 1989 A general work on their history and development.
A.A. Bryan WGE		Windmill Gazeteer for England The Mills Research Group, first edition 1998 The A-Z of windmills in England.
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