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Roads, tunnels and other civil engineering topics

From our Transactions

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

VolumeVol. YearsTitle Author

70:21998-99 The Civil Engineer's Talent: Michael Faraday, Science, Engineering, and the English Lighthouse Service, 1836-1865James, A J L
581986-87Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1891): Engineer to the Metropolitan Board of WorksSmith, D P

101929-30Civil Engineering in 1595-7: The Building and Destruction of a Pier at HastingsJenkins, R
111930-31Pearl St Station, the First Steam Power Station in AmericaOrrok, G A
141933-34Early History of the Streets and Paving of London Malcolm, L W G
151934-35Gallic Fortification in Caesar's Time Hulme, E W
191938-39Parker's "Roman" Cement Thurston, A P
19 1938-39London Bridge Waterworks after the Great Fire of 1666Reddaway, T F
211940-41Highway Repairs in the 18th CenturyMeikle, W P
221941-42French Civil Engineers of the 18th centuryHamilton, S B
311957-59Land Measurement in the 16th CenturyChilton, D
35 1962-63 The Haytor Granite TramroadLee, C E
371964-65The Ventilation of Hillcarr Sough Kirkham, N
371964-65English Waggonways of the Eighteenth Century: Pts 1 & 2Mott, R A
401967-68Some Iron BywaysGale, W K V
421969-70I K Brunel and the Port of BristolBuchanan, R A
42 1969-70 Tramroads of the 18th Century and their Originator, John CurrMott, R A
46 1973-74 The Small Country GasworksWilson, G B L
461973-74William Chapman (1794-1832), Civil EngineerSkempton, A W
491977-78Dry and Wet PuddlingMott, R A
531981-82Engineering in the Port of London, 1808-1833Skempton, A W
561984-85François Hennebique: The Specialist Organisation and the Success of Ferro-ConcreteCusack, P
581986-87Sir Joseph William Bazalgette (1819-1891): Engineer to the Metropolitan Board of WorksSmith, D P
651993-94British Tunnelling Machines in the First World WarVarley, P M
681996-97The pumping stations of the Newcastle and Gateshead Water CompanyRennison, R W
69:21997-98Hydro-electricity in North Wales 1880-1948Woodward, G
70:21998-99The Civil Engineer's Talent: Michael Faraday, Science, Engineering, and the English Lighthouse Service, 1836-1865James, A J L
71:21999-00Early reinforced concrete water towers, 1890-1931Gould, M H & Barton, B M J
72:12000-01William Haywood and Municipal Engineering in the Victorian City of LondonClow, D G
72:22000-01Brindley's Norwood Tunnel (1771-1775) - Twin of HarecastleRichardson, C
73:22001-02The Ritchie System of Reinforced ConcreteGould, M H
74:12002-03Before Bazalgette: The Surrey and Kent Commission of Sewers 1800-1847Jefferson Smith, P

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