Japan's Civil Engineering Heritage: Exploring the Technologies That Supported Modernization (Blue Backs) Edited by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers Experts explain the "highlights" of the Selected Civil Engineering Heritage! Civil Engineering Heritage and the Engineers Infrastructure such as bridges, tunnels, railways, and port facilities that supported Japan's modernization still remain in various locations. Among these civil engineering structures, those of particularly high value are recognized by the Japan Society of Civil Engineers as "Selected Civil Engineering Heritage." This book carefully selects about 40 of these sites and introduces them while touching on the activities of the engineers who worked hard on their construction. A full-fledged commentary on "Civil Engineering Heritage" written by experts.