Web of steel: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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Web of steel is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Brady, Cyrus Townsend (1861–1920); Brady, Cyrus Townsend, Jr. (1887–1969).
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"Web of Steel" by Cyrus Townsend Brady and Cyrus Townsend Brady, Jr. is a novel written in the early 20th century. Centered on the building of a record-breaking cantilever bridge, it fuses industrial ambition with a love story as resident engineer Bertram Meade, Jr. strives to honor his famed father’s legacy while winning Helen Illingworth’s heart. Themes of professional integrity, father–son loyalty, and the magnetism of great works of engineering drive the narrative. The opening of the novel introduces Meade’s dual devotion to the International Bridge and to Helen, who arrives with her father, Colonel Illingworth, and company officials for an inspection. Over dinner in the Colonel’s private car, concerns about the bridge’s compression members surface, Meade defends the design, and the Colonel hints at a promising future for him with the firm. Later, Meade and Helen visit the half-finished span by moonlight; a loose gusset plate suddenly tips and plummets into the river, narrowly missing a steamer, and Meade hauls Helen back from the brink. Shaken, they confess their love. They inform the Colonel, who consents on two conditions: keep the engagement private and make it official only after the bridge is completed. The section closes with both lovers newly bound, their future tied to finishing the great structure.
Book and edition facts
- Title: Web of steel
- Author credits: Brady, Cyrus Townsend (1861–1920); Brady, Cyrus Townsend, Jr. (1887–1969)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Bridges -- Design and construction -- Fiction
- Civil engineers -- Fiction
- Dams -- Design and construction -- Fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Fiction
- Love stories
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