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Clifford Foust traces Stevens’s development and career milestones through formative years, major railway projects, and his leadership around the Panama Canal, alongside an interlude and later decades. The book includes preface, acknowledgments, chapter-by-chapter narrative, and scholarly apparatus such as notes, bibliography, and an index.","JOHN FRANK STEVENS  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nJohn Frank Stevens  \nCIVIL ENGINEER  \nClifford Foust  \nINDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS Bloomington & Indianapolis  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nRAILROADS PASTAND PRESENT  \nGeorge M. Smerk, Editor  \nA list of books in the series appears at the end of this volume.  \nThis book is a publication of  \nINDIANA UNIVERSITY PRESS  \nOffice of Scholarly Publishing Herman B Wells Library 350 1320 East 10th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47405 USA  \n[iupress.indiana.edu](iupress.indiana.edu)  \nTelephone orders 800-842-6796 Fax orders 812-855-7931  \n© 2013 by Clifford Foust All rights reserved  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. The Association of American University Presses’ Resolution on Permissions constitutes the only exception to this prohibition.  \n The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences – Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSIZ39 .48–1992.  \nManufactured in the United States of America  \nLibrary of Congress  \nCataloging-in-Publication Data  \nFoust, Clifford M.,[date]–  \nJohn Frank Stevens : civil engineer / Clifford Foust.  \npages cm.–(Railroads past and present)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-0-253-01061-2 (cl : alk. paper)– ISBN 978-0-253-01069-8 (eb) 1. Stevens, John F. (John Frank), 1853-1943. 2. Railroad engineers – United States – Biography. 3. Railroad engineering – History. I. Title.  \nTF140 . 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