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Thames tunnel to Channel tunnel : 150 years of civil engineering : selected papers from the journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers published to celebrate it's 150th anniversary / edited by Will Howie and Mike Chrimes.

Contributor(s): Howie, Will | Chrimes, Mike | Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Telford, 1987Description: 294 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 072770396X.Subject(s): Civil engineering -- History -- SourcesDDC classification: 624.09034
Contents:
Facsimile pages from volume 1 of Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers -- 1836 Particulars of the construction of the Lary Bridge, near Plymouth / J. M. Rendel -- 1837 On cements / C. W. Pasley -- 1840 An account of the actual state of the works at the Thames Tunnel / M. I. Brunel -- Kilsby Tunnel, London and Birmingham Railway -- 1841 Description of the Bann Reservoirs, County Down, Ireland / J. F. la Trobe Bateman -- 1841 On an uniform system of screw threads / J. Whitworth -- 1844 Account of the scaffolding used in erecting the 'Nelson Column', Trafalgar square / T. Grissell -- Box tunnel, Great Western Railway -- Crystal Palace -- 1851 On the construction of the building for the exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in 1851 / M. D. Wyatt -- Barentin Viaduct, Paris - Rouen - Le Havre Railway -- 1858 Presidential address / J. Locke -- 1865 On the main drainage of London and the interception of the sewage from the River Thames / J. W. Bazalgette -- Forth Railway Bridge -- 1897 Steel skeleton construction in Chicago / E. C. Shankland -- Aswan Dam -- 1934 Sydney Harbour Bridge: design of the structure and foundations / R. Freeman -- Galloway hydroelectric scheme -- Mulberry Harbour -- 1952 The skylon / F. J. Samuely and P.J.A. Ward -- North sea oil development: Cornmorant A platform -- 1979 Dubai Dry Dock: design and construction / G. H. Cochrane, D. J. L. Chetwin and W. Hogbin -- Retrospect.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 624.09034 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00022708
Total holds: 0

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This book provides 150 years of civil engineering as seen through a selection of some of the most influential papers published in the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers between two great engineering milestones.

Facsimile pages from volume 1 of Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers -- 1836 Particulars of the construction of the Lary Bridge, near Plymouth / J. M. Rendel -- 1837 On cements / C. W. Pasley -- 1840 An account of the actual state of the works at the Thames Tunnel / M. I. Brunel -- Kilsby Tunnel, London and Birmingham Railway -- 1841 Description of the Bann Reservoirs, County Down, Ireland / J. F. la Trobe Bateman -- 1841 On an uniform system of screw threads / J. Whitworth -- 1844 Account of the scaffolding used in erecting the 'Nelson Column', Trafalgar square / T. Grissell -- Box tunnel, Great Western Railway -- Crystal Palace -- 1851 On the construction of the building for the exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in 1851 / M. D. Wyatt -- Barentin Viaduct, Paris - Rouen - Le Havre Railway -- 1858 Presidential address / J. Locke -- 1865 On the main drainage of London and the interception of the sewage from the River Thames / J. W. Bazalgette -- Forth Railway Bridge -- 1897 Steel skeleton construction in Chicago / E. C. Shankland -- Aswan Dam -- 1934 Sydney Harbour Bridge: design of the structure and foundations / R. Freeman -- Galloway hydroelectric scheme -- Mulberry Harbour -- 1952 The skylon / F. J. Samuely and P.J.A. Ward -- North sea oil development: Cornmorant A platform -- 1979 Dubai Dry Dock: design and construction / G. H. Cochrane, D. J. L. Chetwin and W. Hogbin -- Retrospect.

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