La complejidad de los problemas que plantea la construcción de Puentes y pasos elevados para carreteras y vías urbanas sea un tema digno de estudio yque la oportunidad de poder ofrecer a los estudiosos del mismo un conjunto de siete trabajos de otros tantos especialistas españoles y extranjerosde gran prestigio por sus conocimientos en la materia. Este libro trata de obras relacionadas con la construccion y en especial de vias de comunicacion.
This book tells the story of the making of Grimsby. It describes how the town grew on the ground and so helps to explain Grimsbys present-day physical character. The story is an intriguing one and includes colourful controversies and conflicts that influenced the towns development.The story begins with the Viking foundation of Grimsby. Then, in the years after the Norman Conquest the town became a successful trading community and port. This was followed by a long period of decline. The towns fortunes were revived with the coming of the railway in 1848 and the constructions of an extensive dock system. There then followed a massive increase in trade, and the foundation of the ports modern fishing industry. In the process, it attracted immigration. This new population needed somewhere to live. Consequently, land was quickly covered with houses.The long-term effect of this period of extensive and intensive building which is described in this book was to determine to a large extent the shape and character of the modern town.