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- ↑ About Us Archived 2015-03-02 at the Wayback Machine Boston Society of Civil Engineers Section
- ↑ Civil Engineering Magazine 150th Anniversary Edition: Celebrating the Greatest Profession Anne Elizabeth Powell; ASCE Publications, Jan 1, 2002 ; 340 pages; page 191
