Works in ProgressPeriod photographs depict noteworthy buildings, monuments, and other feats of engineering. |
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Contents
Foreword 12 | |
THE MECHANICAL | |
Philadelphia City Hall 40 | |
Eiffel Tower 50 | |
BUILDING | |
Empire State Building 118 | |
Grand Coulee Dam 132 | |
Trylon and Perisphere 146 | |
Levittown 160 | |
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