Dreams of Iron and Steel: Seven Wonders of the Nineteenth Century, from the Building of the London Sewers to the Panama Canal

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I believe this book is a companion volume to a BBC television special. I was aware of a particular British slant to these chapters, including a shift in achievements from Britain to America. It gave the chapter about America's Transcontinental Railroad a curious interpretation (the California's Big Four aren't always described so generously).]]>