Bridging the Years: A Short History of British Civil EngineeringE. Arnold, 1956 - 212 páginas |
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... cost was £ 350,000— nearly four times the original contract price . The whole railway of 112 miles in length cost £ 5 million , twice the original estimates , but in the first year of its operation it earned a handsome dividend for its ...
... cost was £ 350,000— nearly four times the original contract price . The whole railway of 112 miles in length cost £ 5 million , twice the original estimates , but in the first year of its operation it earned a handsome dividend for its ...
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... cost of inspection and maintenance and their doubtful capacity to take the heavier locomotive loadings . There were economic limits to the spans for masonry or brick- work arches , an important factor being the feasibility and cost of ...
... cost of inspection and maintenance and their doubtful capacity to take the heavier locomotive loadings . There were economic limits to the spans for masonry or brick- work arches , an important factor being the feasibility and cost of ...
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... costs of maintaining the Bell Bunds in some places hardly justified the savings in bridge lengths which were effected ... cost of neglected remedies usually far exceeds that of the patch in time . Barrages Barrages or weirs were built ...
... costs of maintaining the Bell Bunds in some places hardly justified the savings in bridge lengths which were effected ... cost of neglected remedies usually far exceeds that of the patch in time . Barrages Barrages or weirs were built ...
Contenido
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
Contracting in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Cen | 89 |
Some Notable British Civil Engineering Works I 1825 | 106 |
Otras 35 secciones no mostradas
Términos y frases comunes
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