Bridging the Years: A Short History of British Civil EngineeringE. Arnold, 1956 - 212 páginas |
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... feet deep with a bottom width of Fig . 44. Manchester Ship Canal . Eastham Locks and Queen Elizabeth II Dock 120 feet , stretched to a point in Manchester , 351⁄2 miles distant , where it engulfed the rivers Irwell and Irk in its summit ...
... feet deep with a bottom width of Fig . 44. Manchester Ship Canal . Eastham Locks and Queen Elizabeth II Dock 120 feet , stretched to a point in Manchester , 351⁄2 miles distant , where it engulfed the rivers Irwell and Irk in its summit ...
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... feet wide gate openings , caused serious interference with canal navigation . In 1897 the tidal influence was excluded . On this reach were the im- portant ports of Ellesmere and Runcorn and the entrance to the canalized River Weaver ...
... feet wide gate openings , caused serious interference with canal navigation . In 1897 the tidal influence was excluded . On this reach were the im- portant ports of Ellesmere and Runcorn and the entrance to the canalized River Weaver ...
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... feet long by 24 feet 6 inches wide . The clear headway of the cable span was 82 feet above the canal . One of the most interesting bridges in the initial construction was the skew crossing to carry the old Bridgewater Canal over the ...
... feet long by 24 feet 6 inches wide . The clear headway of the cable span was 82 feet above the canal . One of the most interesting bridges in the initial construction was the skew crossing to carry the old Bridgewater Canal over the ...
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
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