Building the Columbia River Highway (eBook)

They Said It Couldn't Be Done

Peg Willis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014 | 1. Auflage
193 Seiten
Arcadia Publishing Inc. (Verlag)
978-1-62584-755-3 (ISBN)

Infos

When nine-hundred-foot ice age floodscarved the Columbia River Gorge through the Cascade Mountains to the sea,little space was left for man to form a highway of his own. It took anartist-poet-engineer extraordinaire to conquer this reluctant piece of realestate and produce the nation's first scenic highway. Meet Sam Hill, the moverand shaker, and Samuel Lancaster, the polio survivor, who turned modernengineering on its ear to create a 'poem in stone.' Today, Oregon's historicColumbia River Highway is hidden among the trees, where it meanders pastspectacular waterfalls and dramatic views. Ride along with Peg Willis as sheexplores the beginnings of this miracle highway and the men who created it.

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The story behind the construction of the Oregon scenic highway and the men who made it happen. When nine-hundred-foot ice age floods carved the Columbia River Gorge through the Cascade Mountains to the sea, little space was left for man to form a highway of his own. It took an artist-poet-engineer extraordinaire to conquer this reluctant piece of real estate and produce the nation's first scenic highway. Meet Sam Hill, the mover and shaker, and Samuel Lancaster, the polio survivor, who turned modern engineering on its ear to create a "e;poem in stone."e; Today, Oregon's historic Columbia River Highway is hidden among the trees, where it meanders past spectacular waterfalls and dramatic views. Ride along with Peg Willis as she explores the beginnings of this miracle highway and the men who created it.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.4.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte
• ISBN-10: 1-62584-755-6 / 1625847556
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62584-755-3 / 9781625847553