SevenWondersoftheIndustrialWorld[工业世界的七大奇迹]

Thenineteenthcenturysawthecreationofsomeoftheworld'smostincrediblefeatsofengineering.DeborahCadburyexploresthehistorybehindtheepicmonumentsthatspannedtheindustrialrevolutionfromBrunel'sextraordinaryGreatEastern,theTitanicofitsdaythatjoinedthetwoendsoftheempire,tothePanamaCanal,thatlinkedtheAtlanticandPacificoceanshalfacenturylater.SevenWondersoftheIndustrialWorldrecreatesthestoriesofthemostbrilliantpioneersoftheindustrialage,theirburningambitionsandextravagantdreams,theirpassionsandrivalriesasgreatmindsclashed.TheseweremensuchasArthurPowell-Davis,theengineerbehindtheHooverDam,whodreamedofcreatingthelargestdamintheworldbydivertingtheentireColoradoriver,oneoftheworldsmostdangerousandunpredictable,orJohnRoebling,wholosthislifecreatingtheBrooklynBridge,thelongestsuspensionbridgeeverbuilt.Thesearealsothestoriesofcountlessunsungheroes-thecraftsmenandworkerswithoutwhoseperseverancenothingwouldhavebeenachieved,nottomentionthefinanciersandshareholdershangingonfortherideasfortunes-andreputations-werelostandwon.CadburyleadsusonanamazingjourneyfromthefreezingsnowsoftheAlpstothemosquito-riddenwildsoftheCentralAmericanjungleasweseeuncontrollableriverstamed,continentsconqueredandvastoceansjoined.