CIVE 3800-01: Engineering Boston

Provides color photos and descriptions of building techniques used in New England over the past 400 years.

This website offers videos and papers on the preservation of wood piling foundations in Boston's Back Bay.

Information on preserving traditional building materials and structures in the UK.

This heavily-illustrated article provides an overview of the complex details involved in steeple construction.

Provides detailed illustrations of timber joints, with photos of historical examples.

This book by Frederic Bauman describes the pile-driving and foundation building techniques employed throughout Boston's Back Bay in the 19th-century.