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The following is a selection of recent books on the subjects of history, heritage, restoration and conservation that were added to the Institution of Civil Engineers’ library collection last year.

To borrow, please contact the Library (email: library@ice.org.uk; tel.: 02076652251) and check the catalogue (see https://www.ice.org.uk/knowledge-and-resources/ice-library).

Readers are invited to notify the Editor about relevant new books for inclusion in a similar review in early 2021. Subject to availability of space, some of these books will be reviewed in Engineering History and Heritage.

Awty
 
BG
 
2019
 
Adventure in Iron
 
The Wealden Iron Research Group
 
Tonbridge, UK
Beck
 
J
,
Coackley
 
R
,
Jefferson
 
L
,
Jefferson
 
R
 
2019
 
L’Entente Cordiale – A Hundred Years of the British Section of La Societe Des Ingenieurs et Scientifiques de France
 
La Societe des Ingenieurs et Scientifiques de France (British Section)
 
London, UK
Coulls
 
A
 
2019
 
Early Railways 6: Papers from the Sixth International Early Railways Conference
 
Six Martlets Publishing
 
Milton Keynes, UK
Daimond
 
B
 
2019
 
Menai Suspension Bridge: The First 200 Years
 
Menai Heritage
 
Isle of Anglesey, UK
Engineering Heritage Australia and Engineers Australia
 
2019
 
Wonders Never Cease: 100 Australian Engineering Achievements
 
Institution of Engineers Australia
 
Barton, Australia
Freyssinet
 
2019
 
75 Years of Freyssinet
 
Freyssinet
 
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Gerhold
 
D
 
2019
 
London Bridge and its Houses, c.1209–1761
 
London Topographical Society
 
London, UK
Ghiassi
 
B
,
Milani
 
G
 
2019
 
Numerical Modelling of Masonry and Historical Structures: From Theory to Application
 
Woodhead
 
Duxford, UK
Gruneberg
 
S
 
2019
 
A Strategic Approach to the UK Construction Industry
 
Routledge
 
New York, NY, USA
Halliday
 
S
,
Bazalgette
 
P
 
2019
 
An Underground Guide to Sewers: or: Down, Through and Out in Paris, London, New York &c
 
Thames and Hudson Ltd
 
London, UK
Head
 
CR
 
2019
 
Origins of a Global Industry. Part Two: The Arrival of Electricity
 
Aqua-Media International Ltd
 
Wallington, UK
Historic England
 
2019
 
Historic Fibrous Plaster in the UK: Guidance on its Care and Management
 
Historic England
 
Swindon, UK
Lynn
 
PA
 
2019
 
World Heritage Canal: Thomas Telford and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
 
Whittles Publishing
 
Caithness, UK
McFetrich
 
D
 
2019
 
An Encyclopaedia of British Bridges
 
Pen & Sword Books
 
Barnsley, UK
Morrison
 
I
,
Waterson
 
M
 
2019
 
Rescue & Reuse: Communities, Heritage and Architecture
 
RIBA Publishing
 
London, UK
Nancollas
 
T
 
2019
 
Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
 
Penguin Books
 
London, UK
Nix
 
C
,
Holloway
 
S
,
Bownes
 
D
,
Mullins
 
S
 
2019
 
Hidden London: Discovering the Forgotten Underground
 
London Transport Museum and Yale University Press
 
London, UK
Owens
 
V
 
2019
 
Aqueducts and Viaducts of Britain
 
Amberley Publishing
 
Stroud, UK
Powell
 
K
 
2019
 
Tower Bridge: History, Engineering, Design
 
Thames & Hudson
 
London, UK
Railway & Canal Historical Society
 
2019
 
A Bibliography of the History of Inland Waterways, Railways and Road Transport in the British Isles, 2018
 
The Railway & Canal Historical Society
 
Drayton, UK
Rogers
 
J
 
2019
 
Britain’s Greatest Bridges
 
Amberley Publishing
 
Stroud, UK
Smith
 
JM
 
2019
 
Tower Bridge Operations Manual: 1894 to Date
 
Haynes Publishing
 
Yeovil, UK
Stride
 
P
,
Bazalgette
 
P
 
2019
 
The Thames Tideway Tunnel: Preventing Another Great Stink
 
The History Press
 
Stroud, UK
Taylor
 
J
 
2019
 
The Building Conservation Directory 2019
  (26)  
Cathedral Communications Ltd
 
Tisbury, UK
Tomkins
 
A
 
2019
 
Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors: The First 50 Years
 
Sale, Cheshire: Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
 
Cheshire, UK
Watson
 
C
 
2019
 
The John Smeaton Family from York and Their Horological Connections
 
Antiquarian Horological Society
 
London, UK
Wright
 
T
,
Foster
 
N
,
Buchanan
 
P
 
2019
 
Foster + Partners Portfolio 1967–2017
 
Foster and Partners
 
London, UK
Yates
 
J
,
Murphy
 
CN
 
2019
 
Engineering Rules: Global Standard Setting Since 1880
 
Johns Hopkins University Press
 
Baltimore, MD, USA
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The following is a selection of recent books on the subjects of history, heritage, restoration and conservation that were added to the Institution of Civil Engineers’ library collection last year.

To borrow, please contact the Library (email: library@ice.org.uk; tel.: 02076652251) and check the catalogue (see https://www.ice.org.uk/knowledge-and-resources/ice-library).

Readers are invited to notify the Editor about relevant new books for inclusion in a similar review in early 2021. Subject to availability of space, some of these books will be reviewed in Engineering History and Heritage.

Awty
 
BG
 
2019
 
Adventure in Iron
 
The Wealden Iron Research Group
 
Tonbridge, UK
Beck
 
J
,
Coackley
 
R
,
Jefferson
 
L
,
Jefferson
 
R
 
2019
 
L’Entente Cordiale – A Hundred Years of the British Section of La Societe Des Ingenieurs et Scientifiques de France
 
La Societe des Ingenieurs et Scientifiques de France (British Section)
 
London, UK
Coulls
 
A
 
2019
 
Early Railways 6: Papers from the Sixth International Early Railways Conference
 
Six Martlets Publishing
 
Milton Keynes, UK
Daimond
 
B
 
2019
 
Menai Suspension Bridge: The First 200 Years
 
Menai Heritage
 
Isle of Anglesey, UK
Engineering Heritage Australia and Engineers Australia
 
2019
 
Wonders Never Cease: 100 Australian Engineering Achievements
 
Institution of Engineers Australia
 
Barton, Australia
Freyssinet
 
2019
 
75 Years of Freyssinet
 
Freyssinet
 
Rueil-Malmaison, France
Gerhold
 
D
 
2019
 
London Bridge and its Houses, c.1209–1761
 
London Topographical Society
 
London, UK
Ghiassi
 
B
,
Milani
 
G
 
2019
 
Numerical Modelling of Masonry and Historical Structures: From Theory to Application
 
Woodhead
 
Duxford, UK
Gruneberg
 
S
 
2019
 
A Strategic Approach to the UK Construction Industry
 
Routledge
 
New York, NY, USA
Halliday
 
S
,
Bazalgette
 
P
 
2019
 
An Underground Guide to Sewers: or: Down, Through and Out in Paris, London, New York &c
 
Thames and Hudson Ltd
 
London, UK
Head
 
CR
 
2019
 
Origins of a Global Industry. Part Two: The Arrival of Electricity
 
Aqua-Media International Ltd
 
Wallington, UK
Historic England
 
2019
 
Historic Fibrous Plaster in the UK: Guidance on its Care and Management
 
Historic England
 
Swindon, UK
Lynn
 
PA
 
2019
 
World Heritage Canal: Thomas Telford and the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
 
Whittles Publishing
 
Caithness, UK
McFetrich
 
D
 
2019
 
An Encyclopaedia of British Bridges
 
Pen & Sword Books
 
Barnsley, UK
Morrison
 
I
,
Waterson
 
M
 
2019
 
Rescue & Reuse: Communities, Heritage and Architecture
 
RIBA Publishing
 
London, UK
Nancollas
 
T
 
2019
 
Seashaken Houses: A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
 
Penguin Books
 
London, UK
Nix
 
C
,
Holloway
 
S
,
Bownes
 
D
,
Mullins
 
S
 
2019
 
Hidden London: Discovering the Forgotten Underground
 
London Transport Museum and Yale University Press
 
London, UK
Owens
 
V
 
2019
 
Aqueducts and Viaducts of Britain
 
Amberley Publishing
 
Stroud, UK
Powell
 
K
 
2019
 
Tower Bridge: History, Engineering, Design
 
Thames & Hudson
 
London, UK
Railway & Canal Historical Society
 
2019
 
A Bibliography of the History of Inland Waterways, Railways and Road Transport in the British Isles, 2018
 
The Railway & Canal Historical Society
 
Drayton, UK
Rogers
 
J
 
2019
 
Britain’s Greatest Bridges
 
Amberley Publishing
 
Stroud, UK
Smith
 
JM
 
2019
 
Tower Bridge Operations Manual: 1894 to Date
 
Haynes Publishing
 
Yeovil, UK
Stride
 
P
,
Bazalgette
 
P
 
2019
 
The Thames Tideway Tunnel: Preventing Another Great Stink
 
The History Press
 
Stroud, UK
Taylor
 
J
 
2019
 
The Building Conservation Directory 2019
  (26)  
Cathedral Communications Ltd
 
Tisbury, UK
Tomkins
 
A
 
2019
 
Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors: The First 50 Years
 
Sale, Cheshire: Chartered Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors
 
Cheshire, UK
Watson
 
C
 
2019
 
The John Smeaton Family from York and Their Horological Connections
 
Antiquarian Horological Society
 
London, UK
Wright
 
T
,
Foster
 
N
,
Buchanan
 
P
 
2019
 
Foster + Partners Portfolio 1967–2017
 
Foster and Partners
 
London, UK
Yates
 
J
,
Murphy
 
CN
 
2019
 
Engineering Rules: Global Standard Setting Since 1880
 
Johns Hopkins University Press
 
Baltimore, MD, USA

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