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London's Commercial Dock in 1813

Canals, docks, dams and waterways

From our Transactions

Some examples of papers on civil engineering which can be purchased on the Internet from our on-line archive:

Vol.Vol. YearsTitle Author

291953-55The Engineers of the English River Navigations, 1620-1760Skempton, A W
61 1989-90The Mulberry Harbours Harris, Sir A
621990-91The Pont du Gard and the Aqueduct of NīmesSmith, N A F

101929-30 Civil Engineering in 1595-7: The Building and Destruction of a Pier at HastingsJenkins, R
151934-35The Morris CanalVermeule, C C
161935-36 Crowley's Wharf, GreenwichLinney, A G
19 1938-39 The First Dry-dock in the Netherlands, 1707Bootsgezel, J J
241943-45Early Railways of the Ellesmere and Montgomeryshire Canals, 1794-1914Davies, A S
27 1949-51 Early Engineering on the Thames and Severn Canal Household, H W
281951-53The Water Supply of Cambridge Gibson, W G
281951-53Canal Lifts and Inclines with particular reference to those in the British IslesTew, D H
291953-55The Engineers of the English River Navigations, 1620-1760Skempton, A W
301955-57 The Staunches and Navigations of the Little Ouse RiverClark, R H
31 1957-59 The Jones Falls Dam on the Rideau Canal, Ontario, CanadaLeggett, R F
391966-67York Waterworks, and Other Waterworks in the North before 1800Radley, J
401967-68The Ottawa River Canals and Portage RailwaysLegget, R
411968-69 The History of Spanish Dam-BuildingSmith, N A F
461973-74The Engineering History of Hull's Earliest DocksBaldwin, M W
471974-76The Evolution of British DamsBinnie, G M
481976-77The Construction of Ramsgate HarbourMatkin, R B
491977-78Roman Canals Smith, N A F
511979-80Origins of the Pont Cysyllte AqueductCohen, P
521980-81Roman Waterways in the FensTew, D H
521980-81Manchester Ship Canal Meeting Bailey, M R
531981-82The Construction of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal, 1794-1811 Schofield, R B
54 1982-83 The Impounding Reservoirs of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water Co 1845-1905Rennison, R W
551983-84Contributions of the British to Irrigation Engineering in Upper India in the Nineteenth CenturyBrown, J M
551983-84G P Bidder at the London Dock Extension Works 1826-1828Clark, E F
551983-84Engineering on the Thames Navigation. 1770-1845Skempton, A W
551983-84Bridgewater Canal WeekendHills, J G B
571985-86The Design and Construction of the Cromford Canal - 1789-94 Schofield, R B
61 1989-90The Mulberry Harbours Harris, Sir A
621990-91The Improvement of the River Tyne, 1815-1914Rennison, R W
621990-91The Pont du Gard and the Aqueduct of NīmesSmith, N A F
651993-94The Development of the River Tees, 1808-1914Rennison, R W
69:11997-98Theory versus Practice in Dock Engineering Jarvis, A
71:21999-00Railway dams in Australia: six historic structuresChanson, H
72:22000-01Historical development of Stepped Cascades for the dissipation of Hydraulic Energy Chanson, H
73:22001-02The Construction of Dry Docks: Some Nineteenth-Century PerspectivesOtter, R A
74:22002-03The Construction of Dry Docks to World War 1: The Evidence of the EngineerOtter, R A
74:22002-03The Civil Engineering History of Four Coal-Shipping Ports in North East England, 1717-1821Rennison, R W
75:22003-04Constructing the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, 1766-72Cross-Rudkin, P S M
75:22003-04Locks, Sluices and Staunches: Confusing TechnologyChisholm, M
75:22003-04Luigi Negrelli, Engineer, 1799-1858: Planner of the Suez CanalHelps, H
76:12004-05Hugh Henshall, 1734-1816Lewis, C G
76:22004-05The Phoenix and its Demons: Waterpower in the Past MillenniumReynolds, T S
76:22004-05James Brindley (1716-72): His Simultaneous Commercial Development of Mills, Steam Power and CanalsRichardson, C
76:22004-05Building the Wilts and Berks Canal, 1793-1810Lawton, B

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