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Additional Authors

Jarvis, Adrian.

Description

xxxiv, 416 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 6

Uniform Title

Studies in the history of civil engineering ; v. 6.

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Contents

1. The development of harbour and dock engineering / Cyril Reginald Sutton Kirkpatrick -- 2. Presidential address of Sir Leopold Halliday Savile, K.C.B. (President ICE, 1940-41) / Leopold Halliday Savile -- 3. Do docks make trade?: the case of the port of Great Grimsby / Gordon Jackson -- 4. The engineers of Sunderland Harbour, 1718-1817 / A. W. Skempton -- 5. The construction of Ramsgate Harbour / Robert B. Matkin -- 6. Thomas Steers / Mike Clarke -- 7. The engineering history of Hull's earliest docks / M. W. Baldwin -- 8. Joseph Whidbey and the building of the Plymouth Breakwater / John Naish -- 9. G. P. Bidder at the London Dock extension works, 1826-1828 / E. F. Clark -- 10. Building the Millwall Docks / Peter Guillery -- 11. Nineteenth century engineers in the port of Bristol / R. A. Buchanan -- 12. The improvement of the River Tyne, 1815-1914 / R. W. Rennison -- 13. G. F. Lyster and the role of the dock engineer, 1861-1897 / Adrian Jarvis --
14. Beyond the river wall: the attack on the Mersey Bar, 1890-1923 / Adrian Jarvis -- 15. The first harbour works at Port Natal: the role of John Milne from 1849-1857 / L. Twyman -- 16. Imperial ports and the modern world economy: the case of the Indian Ocean / Frank Broeze, Peter Reeves and Kenneth McPherson -- 17. The development of the port of Fremantle, Australia's western gateway / M. T. Tull.

ISBN

0860787559 (hardcover)

LCCN

97030339

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Columbia University Libraries