The Reclamation of Land from Tidal WatersCrosby Lockwood, 1900 - 314 páginas |
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12 inches acre Agricultural angle beach Board of Trade bottom catchwater drains cent channel Civil Engineers clay cloth considerable construction cost crops Crown 8vo D. K. CLARK demised premises depth discharge drainage drains dykes earth embankment expense facing fascines Fcap feet 6 inches feet wide filled foot foreland foreshore frontager grass groynes Handbook height high-water mark Illustrations inches Inst intake laid land layer less Lough Foyle low-water main bank marsh material mattress Minutes of Proceedings openings outfall piles planking Plates Practical Treatise premises hereby granted present protection pump purpose quantity Queen's Majesty RAILWAY rainfall reclamation Revised river sand sandy scoops SCOTT BURN scour sea-bank sea-slope sea-walls Second Edition shingle shore side slope sluice sods soil spring tides stone straw bands stream sufficient Sunk Island surface tidal timber tion velocity warp waves Wexford Harbour wheel width Wiggins yard
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