The Sunshine Skyway Bridge Spanning Tampa Bay by Nevin D. Sitler
Author: Nevin D. Sitler
Publisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781626190023
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A history of the Tampa Bay area's famous Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
The Sunshine Skyway Bridge by Nevin D. Sitler
Author: Nevin D. Sitler
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625840721
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Of the more than 5,200 bridges in the state of Florida, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, spanning scenic Tampa Bay, is by far the most famous. But the award-winning bridge that residents and tourists cross on a daily basis isn't the first to hold the Skyway name. Numerous versions of the current bridge have stretched across lower Tampa Bay, and each has its own remarkable history. Nevin and Ric Sitler detail the suspension cables, concrete, nuts and bolts and political battles that combined to produce the fantastic history of the Skyway bridges and other historic Tampa Bay crossings. Join this father-and-son team on their journey across the historic bay.
Skyway by Jim Curtis
Author: Jim Curtis
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ISBN: 9781695681217
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On May 9, 1980, 35 innocent people met their tragic end when a ship wiped away a quarter mile of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay, Florida.Aided by 45 original eye-witness photos, on-scene journalist Jim Curtis chronicled one of the worst ship-bridge collisions in history, while weaving a true story of how some unsuspecting motorists cheated death while others drove off the bridge and plummeted into Tampa Bay. Photographs from land, sea and air capture the devastation to the Skyway Bridge, the rescue effort, and the final salvage operation after it was discovered only one survived, Wesley MacIntire, also a survivor of D-Day, who proved too tough or too lucky to have perished after he drove off the bridge and fell 150-feet into the bay.The original SKYWAY, published in 1980 and a run away best seller, is included in the newly revised 2nd edition, which includes new photos and a follow up called Aftermath that focuses on the fate of the lone survivor and the ship's pilot, who many consider the the final victim of this human and maritime tragedy. Aftermath also includes personal accounts from the journalists who covered the Skyway Bridge catastrophe and the lasting impact it made.
Skyway Down by Shirley Dowling
Author: Shirley Dowling
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728323754
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The year 1980 was a year of two maritime tragedies in the Tampa Bay area of central Florida. In January two ships, the Coast Guard buoy tender, U.S.S. Blackthorn and the tanker, S.S. Capricorn collided just 1500 yards west of the Sunshine Skyway bridge, taking the Coast Guard cutter to the bottom of the 50-foot channel. Twenty-three young sailors lost their lives that night. Three months of hearings in the wake of this horrific accident followed, bringing together a young female news reporter from an independent television channel in St. Petersburg and a Boston attorney, on assignment in defense of the tanker Capricorn. A courtship developed into a serious romance as the hearings continued until May 8, at which time a verdict was handed down. In the early morning of May 9, during a severe storm in which all ships in those waters were blinded by the rain and dense fog, the Sunshine Skyway bridge was rammed by the freighter M.V. Summit Venture, collapsing 1200 feet of the bridge and taking 8 vehicles to the bottom of the channel with her. Thirty-five people died in the 150-foot deadly plunge. This is their story.
Massiah S Trip by Robert Gorman
Author: Robert Gorman
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1641385170
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Massiah's Trip is centered around a group of friends reunited after high school many years later. After driving through a horrendous thunderstorm for hours, Billy has injured the palms of his hands from the white-knuckle driving he was doing. Because of the violent lightning flickering across the sky, a focused Billy has not realized that his fingernails were digging into at the palms of his hands, causing them to bleed. Hours later, he finally makes it home to Clearwater Beach. Billy a
Skyway To The Sun by Holly Waggoner
Author: Holly Waggoner
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ISBN: 9780945589006
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The Golden Era In St Petersburg by Jon Wilson
Author: Jon Wilson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614238928
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Between 1946 and 1963, St. Petersburg was the quintessential Sunbelt city experiencing a post-World War II boom and wrestling with the problems that accompanied rapid growth. The city's old-school techniques of promotion expanded the population from about 60,000 to more than 180,000 in eighteen years. The city developed a split personality--it aimed to be modern but retained a dated, rustic appearance. Follow St. Petersburg author and journalist Jon Wilson as he details how the city coped with relative isolation, an aging business district and cultural changes brought about by the coming of integration, the emergence of rock-and-roll, cookie-cutter subdivisions and the still-novel medium of television.
Bridge To Oblivion by Henry Hoffman
Author: Henry Hoffman
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ISBN: 9781937273194
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In one of the worst bridge disasters in American history, a runaway freighter rams the underpinnings of Tampa Bay's Sunshine Skyway during a morning squall, spilling a string of rush hour passengers to their deaths. For Charlene Gibbs, the sister of one of the victims, this event leads years later to her own fatal plunge from the reopened Skyway, an incident novice detective Adam Fraley witnesses by chance. Puzzled by the official findings, Fraley delves into the circumstances surrounding the death his digging uncovering a sinister link between the two tragedies and a cover-up initiated by a powerful figure in the community.
Vintage St Pete The Golden Age Of Tourism And More by Bill DeYoung
Author: Bill DeYoung
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ISBN: 9781940300221
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"The author takes a prideful romp through some of the quirkiest carefree and fun-loving experiences of our boomer childhood. He gently reminds us that history has occurred, too, in our lifetime. For those new to our city or interested to learn more, it'll quickly help you discover the tremendous breadth of activities our city had generated to attract people to our peninsula and separate them from their hard-earned vacation pay." From the foreword by Chris Steinocher, CEO of the St. Petersburg, FL Area Chamber of Commerce
The Queen S Caprice by Jean Echenoz
Author: Jean Echenoz
Publisher: New Press, The
ISBN: 1620970724
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Seven short stories by the Prix Goncourt winner—“the most distinctive voice of his generation . . . master magician of the contemporary French novel” (The Washington Post). France’s preeminent fiction writer, Jean Echenoz is celebrated for his ability to craft stories with such precision that readers are caught off guard by the intense emotion and imagination just beneath the placid surface of his writing. As Gary Indiana put it in his essay “Conjuror of St. Germain”, “Echenoz risks everything in his fiction, gambling on the prodigious blandishments of his voice to lure his readers into a maze of improbabilities and preposterous happenings.” The Queen’s Caprice—seven stories available in English for the first time—reveals Echenoz at the height of his talents, taking readers on a journey across radically different landscapes. The title story explores a tiny corner of the French countryside; “Nelson” offers a brilliant miniaturist portrait of the hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; “In Babylon” sketches the ancient city of Mesopotamia, based on trace descriptions from Herodotus; and other stories visit the forests of England, the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris, Tampa Bay, and the interior of a submarine. Amid the thrill and allure of this voyage of words, “again and again we pause to savor the richness of Echenoz’s startling, crystalline observations” (Lydia Davis). “[A] terrific sense of humor tinged with existential mischief.” —L’Express
Guide Specifications And Commentary For Vessel Collision Design Of Highway Bridges 2nd Edition With 2010 Interim Revisions by
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Publisher: AASHTO
ISBN: 1560514264
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Memorial Tributes by National Academy of Engineering
Author: National Academy of Engineering
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309437326
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This is the 20th Volume in the series Memorial Tributes compiled by the National Academy of Engineering as a personal remembrance of the lives and outstanding achievements of its members and foreign associates. These volumes are intended to stand as an enduring record of the many contributions of engineers and engineering to the benefit of humankind. In most cases, the authors of the tributes are contemporaries or colleagues who had personal knowledge of the interests and the engineering accomplishments of the deceased. Through its members and foreign associates, the Academy carries out the responsibilities for which it was established in 1964. Under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering was formed as a parallel organization of outstanding engineers. Members are elected on the basis of significant contributions to engineering theory and practice and to the literature of engineering or on the basis of demonstrated unusual accomplishments in the pioneering of new and developing fields of technology. The National Academies share a responsibility to advise the federal government on matters of science and technology. The expertise and credibility that the National Academy of Engineering brings to that task stem directly from the abilities, interests, and achievements of our members and foreign associates, our colleagues and friends, whose special gifts we remember in this book.
Hammerhead Ranch Motel by Tim Dorsey
Author: Tim Dorsey
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061836729
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There's a different schemer or slimeball behind every door: cocaine duckpins who have survived only by the dumbest fortune, hard-luck gigolos desperate to score, undercover cops busting undercover cops who are running sting operations on undercover cops. And just down the row, local historian and spree killer Serge A. Storms -- who has stopped keeping up with his meds -- is still looking for a briefcase stuffed with five million dollars...and is now capable of wreaking more havoc than hurricane Rolando-berto, the big wind gathering force offshore, just waiting for the opportunity to blow everything straight to hell. Pack up your bags and head south to sunny Florida. Leave your rational mind at home and come well armed. There's a room with your number on it at the Hammerhead Ranch Motel.
When Justice Prevails by C. Steven Yerrid
Author: C. Steven Yerrid
Publisher: Yorkville PressInc
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The author, a Florida trial attorney, describes some of his cases, including those dealing with medical malpractice, maritime catastrophe, intellectual property, and the tobacco industry.
Wind Wizard by Siobhan Roberts
Author: Siobhan Roberts
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 1400844703
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How the father of wind engineering helped make the world's most amazing buildings and bridges possible With Wind Wizard, Siobhan Roberts brings us the story of Alan Davenport (1932-2009), the father of modern wind engineering, who investigated how wind navigates the obstacle course of the earth's natural and built environments—and how, when not properly heeded, wind causes buildings and bridges to teeter unduly, sway with abandon, and even collapse. In 1964, Davenport received a confidential telephone call from two engineers requesting tests on a pair of towers that promised to be the tallest in the world. His resulting wind studies on New York's World Trade Center advanced the art and science of wind engineering with one pioneering innovation after another. Establishing the first dedicated "boundary layer" wind tunnel laboratory for civil engineering structures, Davenport enabled the study of the atmospheric region from the earth's surface to three thousand feet, where the air churns with turbulent eddies, the average wind speed increasing with height. The boundary layer wind tunnel mimics these windy marbled striations in order to test models of buildings and bridges that inevitably face the wind when built. Over the years, Davenport's revolutionary lab investigated and improved the wind-worthiness of the world's greatest structures, including the Sears Tower, the John Hancock Tower, Shanghai's World Financial Center, the CN Tower, the iconic Golden Gate Bridge, the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, the Sunshine Skyway, and the proposed crossing for the Strait of Messina, linking Sicily with mainland Italy. Chronicling Davenport's innovations by analyzing select projects, this popular-science book gives an illuminating behind-the-scenes view into the practice of wind engineering, and insight into Davenport's steadfast belief that there is neither a structure too tall nor too long, as long as it is supported by sound wind science. Some images inside the book are unavailable due to digital copyright restrictions.
Disasters And Heroic Rescues Of Florida by E. Lynne Wright
Author: E. Lynne Wright
Publisher: Insiders' Guide (CT)
ISBN: 9780762739844
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Twenty of Florida''s most catastrophic incidents due to natural and other causes are recounted here. Featured are the Jacksonville fire of 1901, the Tampa Bay Bridge Disaster of 1980, the Yellowfever Epidemic of 1888, several hurricanes, including four in 2004, and much more.
Straight Jack by Diane Capri
Author: Diane Capri
Publisher: Diane Capri LLC
ISBN: 1942633564
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The next gripping Hunt for Jack Reacher Thriller! “Make some coffee. You’ll read all night.” Lee Child A wanted man. Wanted...dead. Four men in a van barrel toward Chicago on a crime spree fueled by greed and vengeance. One man driving, another preoccupied with the sophisticated plan. In the back, a new recruit worried and wary, another angry and hot-headed. A day behind them, at a lonely motel in an out of the way New Mexico town, an unthinkable murder brings FBI Special Agent Kim Otto to a dead stop. Soon, Otto realizes the murder is tied to a massive crime wave. Otto and her new partner pursue Reacher’s prey to Chicago and reconnect with his old friend. Frances Neagley fills in a few missing pieces and teams up with Otto in a race to stop the killers before a powerful unknown enemy can destroy them all. "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character — I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers including Blue Moon and The Sentinel. The Hunt for Jack Reacher series enthralls fans of John Grisham, Lee Child, David Baldacci, Michael Connelly, Karin Slaughter, Lisa Gardner, and more: "Diane writes like the maestro of the jigsaw puzzle. Sit back in your favorite easy chair, pour a glass of crisp white wine, and enter her devilishly clever world." David Hagberg, New York Times Bestselling Author of Kirk McGarvey Thrillers "Expertise shines on every page." Margaret Maron, Edgar, Anthony, Agatha and Macavity Award Winning MWA Past President and MWA Grand Master Readers Love the Hunt for Jack Reacher Series and Diane Capri: "I have been a Reacher fan for years and was excited when I heard of Diane Capri's take on 'Finding Reacher'." "Diane Capri's series is a good companion to Child's Reacher books and recaptures the flavor of the Reacher mystique. I am waiting anxiously for the next book in the series and the next and the next, and so on." "All Child fans should give it a try!" Award winning New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Does It Again in another Blockbuster Hunt for Jack Reacher Series Novel
Haunted Manatee County by Liz Reed
Author: Liz Reed
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467138002
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Manatee County's history is filled with tales of Native American battles, shipwrecks and the expeditions of Hernando de Soto. It's no surprise that spirits still linger on these sunny shores. Anna Maria Island's first permanent resident still returns to the island more than one hundred years later to flirt with the female tourists. A convict hanged in the county courthouse in 1907 is sometimes heard singing on the courthouse grounds. In the 1970s, the specter of a blond woman was seen hitchhiking along the old Skyway Bridge, only to vanish once she'd been picked up. Join author and paranormal investigator Liz Reed on a tour of Manatee County's most haunted locales.
Jack In The Green by Diane Capri
Author: Diane Capri
Publisher: AugustBooks
ISBN: 1940768020
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New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author DIANE CAPRI Does It Again! For Lee Child and John Grisham Fans! NEW Hunt for Jack Reacher Series book! "Full of thrills and tension, but smart and human, too. Kim Otto is a great, great character - I love her." Lee Child, #1 World Wide Bestselling Author of Jack Reacher Thrillers Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar track Reacher’s past in Tampa where they team up with Judge Willa Carson, investigative journalist Jessica Kimball, and attorney Jennifer Lane. When Retired Army Colonel Thomas Weston returns to MacDill Air Force Base for a public event after sixteen years, he's an easy target for his enemies, including Jack Reacher. The Hunt for Justice and the Hunt for Jack Reacher collide in this long-awaited follow up to Get Back Jack. Lee Child, Jack Reacher, Reacher, military, action, romance, suspense, thriller, mystery, Florida, Michigan, adoption, secret baby, women sleuth, legal thriller, John Grisham, thriller series, mystery series, romantic suspense series, romantic suspense, hepatitis, medical mystery, medical thriller, psychological thriller, strong female, strong female protagonist, police procedural, thriller and suspense, vigilante justice, crime, action packed, private investigators, lawyer, police officer, FBI agents, Alaska, hard-boiled, cozy, legal, medical, suspense, suspense series, spies, tech, techno, technology, crime, financial, murder, theft, litigator, judge, juror, death, due justice, secret justice, twisted justice, wasted justice, mistaken justice, deadly dozen, deadly, gun, killer, sniper, shot, deadly, parenting, relationships, crime fiction, crime novel, kidnapping, serial killers, heist, series, women's fiction, detective, conspiracy, political, terrorism, contemporary, genre fiction, United States
Santa Is Coming To Tampa Bay And St Petersburg by Steve Smallman
Author: Steve Smallman
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1402290543
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It's Christmas Eve, Have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa flies over: •Tampa City Hall •Don CeSar Beach Hotel •Raymond James Stadium •Sunshine Skyway Bridge •St. Petersburg Pier •Tampa Bay History Center •Open Air Post Office, St. Petersburg •Museum of Science and Industry •Tampa Bay Times Forum •Salvador Dali Museum •University of Tampa •Tampa Theater "Ho, ho ho!" laughs Santa. "Merry Christmas, Tampa!"