Cast-Iron Architecture in America(English, Hardcover, Gayle Carol)

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Cast-Iron Architecture in America(English, Hardcover, Gayle Carol) is written by Gayle Carol and published by WW Norton & Co. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0393730158 (ISBN 10) and 9780393730159 (ISBN 13).

Nineteenth-century American inventor and entrepreneur James Bogardus was known for his unique grinding mill and other patented devices, but his enduring claim to fame is his cast-iron structures, forerunners of the modern skyscraper. A passionate advocate for iron's strength, economy, suitability for ornamentation, and fire resistance, he invented several new methods of construction; his buildings rose from New York to San Francisco and Havana. Modern interest in Bogardus stems from the historic preservation movement; his four surviving buildings, in New York, are recognized landmarks.