Silent Monoliths: The Coaling Tower Project
暫譯: 靜默的巨石：煤塔專案

Brouws, Jeff, Hankey, John P., Hackbardt, Marcella

Silent Monoliths: The Coaling Tower Project
  • 出版商: Summit Valley Press
  • 出版日期: 2026-02-17
  • 售價: $1,670
  • 貴賓價: 9.5 折 $1,587
  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 216
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 0262051753
  • ISBN-13: 9780262051750
  • 相關分類: 設計攝影 Photograph

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商品描述

A beautifully arresting photographic record of North American coaling towers, which once fueled steam locomotives and powered the country.

A fine art photography must-have for railroad enthusiasts and anyone interested in the industrial golden era.

In 1906, America commenced a major railroad modernization project, driven by massive industrial era investment and development. A lasting symbol of this time in history remains today: the imposing coaling towers that pepper the country and which once held the coal that powered steam locomotives. Over the course of five years and 20,000 miles, photographer Jeff Brouws documented these towers. Silent Monoliths tells their story.

The towers, built of concrete, a modern material with historical roots traceable to the Roman aqueducts, were constructed to replace aging (and less fire-retardant and less efficient) wooden coaling wharves and chutes. As the railroads transitioned from steam to diesel in the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, most of these coaling towers slipped into obsolescence--some demolished, others "retired-in-place" and left standing. As a result of the latter, many examples of these sculptural, architectonic remnants of industrial brawn stand in silence across North America--from Flomaton, Alabama, to the northernmost reaches of Ontario, Canada; as far west as Glenns Ferry, Idaho, to the eastern seaboard in New Haven, Connecticut.

Essays from industrial and railroad historian John Hankey and art historian Marcella Hackbardt illuminate the significance of these otherworldly relics. In the spirit of Hilla and Bernd Becher, Brouws' photographic portfolio presents over 105 examples of these austere monoliths, conveying their unique place in cultural history.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

一部美麗而引人注目的北美煤塔攝影紀錄，這些煤塔曾經為蒸汽火車提供燃料，並驅動著整個國家。這是鐵路愛好者和任何對工業黃金時代感興趣的人必備的藝術攝影作品。

在1906年，美國開始了一項重大的鐵路現代化計畫，這是由於工業時代的大量投資和發展所驅動的。這段歷史的持久象徵至今仍然存在：那些遍布全國的雄偉煤塔，曾經儲存著為蒸汽火車提供動力的煤炭。在五年的時間裡，攝影師Jeff Brouws記錄了這些煤塔。《Silent Monoliths》講述了它們的故事。

這些煤塔由混凝土建造，這是一種具有歷史根源的現代材料，可以追溯到羅馬的水道，旨在取代老化的（且防火性能較差和效率較低的）木製煤卸貨碼頭和斜坡。隨著鐵路在1940年代末和1950年代逐漸從蒸汽轉向柴油，大多數這些煤塔逐漸被淘汰——有些被拆除，其他則「就地退役」並保持原狀。因此，許多這些工業力量的雕塑性建築遺跡靜靜地矗立在北美各地——從阿拉巴馬州的Flomaton到加拿大安大略省的最北端；從愛達荷州的Glenns Ferry到康乃狄克州的紐哈芬東岸。

工業和鐵路歷史學家John Hankey以及藝術歷史學家Marcella Hackbardt的文章闡明了這些超凡遺物的重要性。在Hilla和Bernd Becher的精神下，Brouws的攝影作品集展示了超過105個這些嚴肅的巨石範例，傳達了它們在文化歷史中的獨特地位。

作者簡介

Jeff Brouws is a photographer, writer, and graphic designer. His publications include Various Small Books (MIT Press), Approaching Nowhere, Readymades, and Highway. His photographs are held in major museum collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Fogg Museum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum, and the Getty Museum.

Marcella Hackbardt is a writer, curator, visual artist, and professor of art and photography at Kenyon College.

John P. Hankey served the B&O Railroad in a variety of capacities, including as company historian, locomotive engineer, and Curator of the B&O Railroad Museum. He has published over 100 articles.

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

傑夫·布魯斯是一位攝影師、作家和平面設計師。他的出版作品包括各種小書（MIT Press）、接近無處、現成品和公路。他的攝影作品被多個主要博物館收藏，包括美國惠特尼藝術博物館、福格博物館、納爾遜-阿特金斯博物館和蓋蒂博物館。

馬塞拉·哈克巴特是一位作家、策展人、視覺藝術家，以及肯揚學院的藝術與攝影教授。

約翰·P·漢基在B&O鐵路擔任過多種職位，包括公司歷史學家、機車工程師和B&O鐵路博物館的策展人。他已發表超過100篇文章。

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