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michaelnlibrarian's review
5.0
This is a large format coffee table book. with photographs that are mostly of launch sites and rocket test sites for the U.S. space program and Air Force. As the the book's subtitle says, the book is meant to preserve America's space history.
I got this at my local public library. It was a pleasure to read the well written text and to look at the photographs, some of which date back to 1990. You can see some of them and read more about the book on the author's web site: http://www.abandonedinplace.com/.
According to wikipedia, "Industrial archaeology is the systematic study of material evidence associated with the industrial past" - what is interesting here is that we are not talking about the 1800s but rather a period time starting in the 1960s with the Mercury program and continuing through Gemini and Apollo in the early 1970s - the test and launch sites for these three are the main focus. Not so long ago, but the huge concrete and steel structures were not built to last, apparently.
I got this at my local public library. It was a pleasure to read the well written text and to look at the photographs, some of which date back to 1990. You can see some of them and read more about the book on the author's web site: http://www.abandonedinplace.com/.
According to wikipedia, "Industrial archaeology is the systematic study of material evidence associated with the industrial past" - what is interesting here is that we are not talking about the 1800s but rather a period time starting in the 1960s with the Mercury program and continuing through Gemini and Apollo in the early 1970s - the test and launch sites for these three are the main focus. Not so long ago, but the huge concrete and steel structures were not built to last, apparently.