Tobriner, Stephen, <br/><br/>
Bracing for disaster :  earthquake-resistant architecture and engineering in San Francisco, 1838-1933 / 
Stephen Tobriner. 
 - xvii, 330 pages :  illustrations, maps ;  26 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index. 
<br/><br/>Location, location, location -- Fire, a compelling danger, 1849-1851 -- Earthquakes, weighing the danger, 1863/1869 -- Innovation: "earthquake-proof" systems, 1868-1880 -- Earthquake-resistant construction, 1889-1905 -- What really happened in the great earthquake of April 18, 1906 -- The fire, April 18-21, 1906 -- Assessment of damage in the 1906 earthquake: a centennial perspective -- The fire did it: recovery, reconstruction, and insurance, 1906-1910 -- Fire Codes, 1906-1915 -- New earthquake codes -- A tale of two water systems -- San Francisco, the phoenix rising, 1906-1915 -- Reality replaces my63705786th, 1925-1933. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1597140252 9781597140256 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006003056 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buildings--Earthquake effects<br/>Earthquake engineering
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA658.44  / .T53 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>624.17620979461