Public works of Great Britain : consisting of railways, rails, chairs, blocks, cuttings, embankments, tunnels, oblique arches, viaducts, bridges, stations, locomotive engines &c : cast iron bridges, iron and gas works : canals, lock gates, centering, masonry and brick work for canal tunnels, canal boats, the London and Liverpool docks, plans and dimensions, dock gates, walls, quays and their masonry, mooring chains : plan of the harbour and port of London, and other important engineering works with descriptions and specifications : the whole rendered of the utmost utility to the civil engineer, to the nobility and gentry, as monuments of the useful arts in this country and as examples to the foreign engineer / edited by F.W. Simms, C.E. ; 153 plates.
Published / Created:
London : John Weale, Architectural Library, 59 High Holborn, 1838.London : J.B. Nichols and Son, 25 Parliament Street[London] : Cole and Taylor, printers, Crane Court, Fleet Street
Physical Description:
[5], viii-xii, 72, 32, 24, 70 pages, [142] leaves of plates in various foliations : illustrations, maps, plans ; 56 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Engraved title page.
Contents:
Division I. Railways -- Division II. Canals, bridges, river walls, and the docks and port of Liverpool -- Division III. Turnpike roads, iron, steel, and gas works -- Division IV. Survey of the port of London.
Subject Terms:
Civil engineering. | Bridges -- Great Britain. | Docks -- Great Britain. | Harbors -- Great Britain. | Public works -- Great Britain. | Public works. | Railroads -- Great Britain. | Great Britain.