History and Heritage Bookshelf

At times the ASCE History and Heritage Committee holds symposiums where papers are presented on various topics in civil engineering history. These papers are compiled and published as a proceeding and/or are placed in ASCE's Online Research Library in order to make them available to the general public. Some of these publications are listed below.

For other books on the history of civil engineering, please go to the History Section of the Publications Bookstore.

Baltimore Civil Engineering History is a collection of papers that focuses on the civil engineering history of Baltimore; examines the lives of prominent engineers and architects who played major roles in developing the region; and addresses the development of the water supply and wastewater treatment in the city's growth, including the Great Fire of 1904. Order your copy	American Civil Engineering History: The Pioneering Years is a collection of original history and heritage papers that documents the birth and early development of the civil engineering profession and the origins and early years of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Order your copy
International Engineering History and Heritage is a collection of papers that chronicles a preservation, restoration, and education activities for individual historic civil engineering projects in United States, Canada, Mexico, and Great Britain. Order your copy	Engineering History and Heritage contains papers that serve as encouragement for developing course material teaching civil engineering history and heritage. Order your copy
Civil Engineering History: Engineers Make History contains a collection of papers that tells the history of civil engineering from the point-of-view of the people who lived it while other papers emphasize what today's civil engineer should know about their past. Order your copy	These papers, on such topics as his early life and technical education in Germany, his development and use of wire rope, the planning of the Brooklyn Bridge, and his influence on other civil engineers, were presented at a symposium held on October 27, 2006 in Brooklyn, New York. They are available through ASCE's Online Library only.   Click here for the Table of Contents