Silent Monoliths: The Coaling Tower Project
Photographs by Jeff Brouws
Foreword by Marcella Hackbardt
Introduction by John P. Hankey
Publisher: The MIT Press
Hardcover
216 pages
$40
A beautifully arresting photographic record of North American coaling towers, which once fueled steam locomotives and powered the country.
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.
A fine art photography must-have for railroad enthusiasts and anyone interested in the industrial golden era.
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Silent Monoliths
October 29—December 12, 2026
