The Civil engineering of canals and railways before 1850 / edited by Mike Chrimes.

Title & Author:

The Civil engineering of canals and railways before 1850 / edited by Mike Chrimes.

Publication:

Description:

xxxviii, 378 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Series:

Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 7

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Canals and river navigations before 1750 / A.W. Skempton -- The Waltham pound lock / K.R. Fairclough -- Rivers and canals / Charles Hadfield -- The construction of the Huddersfield narrow canal, 1794-1811 : with particular reference to Standedge tunnel / R.B. Schofield -- John Pinkerton and the Birmingham canals / S.R. Broadbridge -- Managerial organization on the Caledonian canal, 1803-1822 / Alastair Penfold -- Along the water : the genius and the theory. D'Alembert, Condorcet and Bossut and the Picardy canal controversy / Pietro Redondi -- Poverty, distress and disease : labour and the construction of the Rideau canal, 1826-1832 / William N.T. Wylie -- Hugh McIntosh (1768-1840), national contractor / Mike Chrimes -- Some railway facts and fallacies / Charles E. Lee -- The influence of landowners on route selection / Frank A. Sharman -- England's first rails : a reconsideration / Richard S. Smith -- The Buttterley Company and railway construction, 1790-1830 / P.J. Riden -- Cast iron edge-rails at Walker Colliery, 1798 / A.W. Skempton and A. Andrews -- Embankments and cuttings on the early railways / A.W. Skempton -- The railway navvy : a reassessment / David Brooke -- Railway contractors and the finance of railway development in Britain / Harold Pollins -- The origin of American railroad technology, 1825-1840 / Darwin H. Stapleton -- Tracks and timber / John H. White.
Also issued online.

Summary:

Between 1750-1850 the British landscape was transformed by the transport revolution. This book is a series of papers which seek to answer the questions of how canals & railways were built & how the engineers responsible organised the work .

ISBN:

0860787567 (hb)
9780860787563 (hb)

Subject:

Canals Great Britain Design and construction History 17th century.
Canals Great Britain Design and construction History 18th century.
Railroad engineering Great Britain History 17th century.
Railroad engineering Great Britain History 18th century.
Chemins de fer Grande-Bretagne Histoire 17e siècle.
Chemins de fer Grande-Bretagne Histoire 18e siècle.
Canals Design and construction.
Railroad engineering.
Civil engineering History.
Canals Great Britain Design and construction History.
Railroad engineering Great Britain History.
Canals Design and construction History.
Railroad engineering History.
Great Britain.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Chrimes, Mike.
Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 7.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 200480
Call No.: TC618 .C5 1997
Status: Available

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