Bids were called on Dec. 2 for construction of the Berkeley Hills Tunnel, a major segment of the $1 billion San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit System; The largest irrigation canal in the country is being constructed by the Guy F. Atkinson Co. near Los Banos, Calif.; Five of the largest earthmovers in the World are scooping out a section of the California Aqueduct; An orthotropic bridge, one of the first structures of its type in the West. . . ; Contractors. . . in west-central Oregon have a complete selection of specification sand, gravel and aggregates; A gang of Texans is introducing a new construction technique to the Pacific Northwest as they install a petroleum products pipeline across the state of Washington; Controlled blasting tec

Published by Pacific Builder & Engineer, Jan.-June, Aug.-Sept., Nov.-Dec., 1965., Seattle, WA:, 1965

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Ten vols. 4to. 126; 142; 150; 206; 164; 180; 164; 178; 154; 127, [1] pp. With over 1200 photo illustrations, maps, diagrams, and illustrated ads throughout, many in colour, most in black & white. Colour-illustrated softcovers, cover art photos (minor scuffing, edgewear, very slight & faint tidemark to very lower edge of textblocks, No. 11 w/ minor staining, creasing & wear front cover), still a VG- set, from the library of Stan Stueve (1910-1972), Portland, Oregon engineer, w/ mailing labels. First editions of nearly a complete run of the lavishly illustrated trade magazine for heavy equipment manufacturers, engineering firms, and construction firms in Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska during the Mid-20th-Century construction boom, which resulted in year-after-year growth in public infrastructure and capital investment, including the expansion of the Interstate Highway system, hydropower dam projects, roads, bridges, canals, and much more. Launched originally in 1907 as a weekly newspaper, this industry trade magazine eventually became monthly and later bi-monthly through the 1960's. Although several institutions do have runs of PB&E in their holdings, many of the runs are incomplete, or broken, and more than the occasional individual issue for sale in the market are quite scarce.

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Bids were called on Dec. 2 for construction of the Berkeley Hills Tunnel, a major segment of the $1 billion San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit System; The largest irrigation canal in the country is being constructed by the Guy F. Atkinson Co. near Los Banos, Calif.; Five of the largest earthmovers in the World are scooping out a section of the California Aqueduct; An orthotropic bridge, one of the first structures of its type in the West. . . ; Contractors. . . in west-central Oregon have a complete selection of specification sand, gravel and aggregates; A gang of Texans is introducing a new construction technique to the Pacific Northwest as they install a petroleum products pipeline across the state of Washington; Controlled blasting tec
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[HEAVY EQUIPMENT & CONSTRUCTION]. NELSON, Paul & LAING, Roscoe (Ed.), CHAPIN, N.B. (Pres.), LAING, Roscoe (Vice Pres. & GM.).
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Pacific Builder & Engineer, Jan.-June, Aug.-Sept., Nov.-Dec., 1965., Seattle, WA:
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1965
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Soft cover
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1st Edition
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We are a small Used & Rare Bookseller available by appointment through phone, or e-mail. We exhibit at 10-14 trade shows a year, including the Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair, Rose City Book Fair in Portland, Oregon, as well as many others. We specialize in History, Medicine, Science, Children's Literature, Photographs, Photography, Archives, Trade Catalogues with an emphasis on Salesman Sample Catalogues, and Nineteenth-century imprints.

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