Leffert L. Buck Biography
Selected Bibliography of Sources
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2. Barnes, Joseph W. Jan. 1974. "Bridging the Lower Falls",
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House, p.7 4
4. Buck, L.L. 1894. "A Few Remarks About the Niagara Gorge"
with discussion, Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers,
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5. Buck, R.S. 1898. "The Niagara Railway Arch" with discussion,
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 40, pp. 125-50,
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6. Curtis, Newton Martin. From Bull Run to Chancellorsville:
The story of the Sixteenth New York Infantry together with Personal Reminiscences.
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13. Harby, Isaac 1902. "The Footbridge for Building the Cables
of the New East River Bridge" with discussion by W. Hildenbrand,
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Builder". Beta Theta Pi Magazine. (Feb. 1939) Available: St. Lawrence University
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p.91. [available: St. Lawrence University O.D. Young Library (Archive)]
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Suspension Bridges for Railway Trains" with discussion, Transactions of
the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 48, p. 441 Manley, G. Atwood.
"Holton D. Robinson". The Observer. Massena, N.Y. (written after the David
B. Steinman’s 1960 death) Available: St. Lawrence University Archive, Owen
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Vol. 73 (1911)
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the history of the United States, Vol. X, 1900, James T. White & Co.,
New York, p. 115 [available: St. Lawrence University O.D. Young Library]
"Opening the Williamsburg Bridge [New York City]".[Film] Copyright: American
Mutoscope & Biograph Co. 11Feb1904; H42039.
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of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906", movie 24 of 45. (23-Dec-1998)
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24. Robinson, Ernest Leffert. Nelson Lemuel Robinson 1857-1944.
Schenectady, NY: 1977. L.C.No. 77-89143. Available: St. Lawrence University
Archive, Owen D. Young Library, St. Lawrence University, Canton NY.
25. ---. The Robinson House Rambling Recollections. Bradenton,
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E. Griggs, Jr., Civil Engineering History: Engineers Make History, 1996,
New York, ASCE, ISBN 0-7844-0209-4, p.201
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Co.Historical Assn. Quarterly. (July 1964)
28. "St. Lawrence Dinner" The Laurentian. Vol.17, No.2. (Feb.
1904) Canton, N.Y. Available: St. Lawrence University Archive, Owen D.
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