Canals and canalized rivers: Vernon-Harcourt Lecture 1933-34
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| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Institution of Civil Engineers |
| Year of publication | 1934 |
| Languages | English (main text) |
| Medium | Offprint/Journal Supplement |
| Edition | 1 |
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| Scope & content | This lecture was delivered on 20 December 1933 to the Student's Meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers. A similar lecture was delivered in 1912-13 and this lecture updates the engineering developments since the war to design, construct and maintain canals and canalized rivers. Contents: Cross section and speed; Locks and lifts; Lock-gates; Lock-sluices; Moorings etc; Weirs and sluices; Reservoirs; Banks and towing paths; Bridges; Developments in England, France, Holland, Sweden and Canada. There is a fold-out sheet of plates with diagrams of different types of lock (Saltersford Lock and Welland Ship Canal, moveable dams (New York State Barge Canal) and a swing bridge (Weaver Navigation, Acton Swing Bridge). |
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Accession no. 230300
- Shelf location: I600
- Notes: Vernon-Harcourt Lecture 1933 - 1934. Hard-backed reprint
