TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tobriner,Stephen
TI  - Bracing for disaster: earthquake-resistant architecture and engineering in San Francisco, 1838-1933 
SN  - 1597140252
AV  - TA658.44 .T53 2006
U1  - 624.17620979461 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Berkeley, Calif.
PB  - Bancroft Library, University of California, Heyday Books
KW  - Buildings
KW  - Earthquake effects
KW  - Earthquake engineering
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-318) and index; 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
ER  -