The Civil Engineering of Canals and Railways before 1850 - Studies in the History of Civil Engineering Volume 7

Chrimes, Mike (Ed)

Language: English

Published by Ashgate, 1997

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Large octavo, 378 pages, index, illustrated. Contains: Skempton: Canals & River Navigations before 1750; Fairclough: The Waltham Pound Lock; Hadfield: Rivers & Canals; Schofield: The Construction of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, 1794-1811; Broadbridge: John Pinkerton & the Birmingham Canals; Penfold: Managerial Organization on the Caledonian Canal, 1802-1822; Redondi: Along the Water - the Genius & the Theory. D'Alembert, Condorcet and Bossut and the Picardy Canal Controversy; Wylie: Poverty, Distress & Disease - Labour and the Construction of the Rideau Canal; Chrimes: Hugh McIntosh (1768-1840), National Contractor; Lee: Some Railway Facts & Fallacies; Sharman: The Influence of Landowners on Route Selection; Smith: England's First Rails - A Reconsideration; Riden: The Butterley Company & Railway Construction, 1790-1830; Skempton & Andrews: Cast Iron Edge-Rails at Walker Colliery, 1798; Skempton: Embankments & Cuttings on the Early Railways; Brooke: The Railway Navvy - A Reassessment; Pollins: Railway Contractors and the Finance of Railway Development in Britain; Stapleton: The Origin of American Railroad Technology, 1825-1840; White: Tracks & Timber. …

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Title
The Civil Engineering of Canals and Railways before 1850 - Studies in the History of Civil Engineering Volume 7
Author
Chrimes, Mike (Ed)
Publisher
Ashgate
Publication year
1997
Condition
Very Good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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