Civil Engineering as Applied in Construction

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Longmans, Green, 1910 - 626 páginas
 

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LAYING OUT AND FORMATION OF RAILWAYS
101
Loops and Spirals
106
40
113
ARCHED BRIDGES
120
Severn Mersey Blackwall
122
Diagrams of Loaded Suspension Cables and Arch
124
Bridge under Railway
125
130132 Covered Way London Metropolitan Railway
130
5054
133
Retaining Walls Metropolitan Railway
134
Tubular Tunnel with Castiron Lining
136
Brick Airlock
137
IX
138
Covered Way Tunnel and Station Glasgow District Railway
139
Overhead Railway on Brick Viaduct
141
New York and Brooklyn
142
Scaffolding for erecting Girders
143
145147 Overhead Railway Liverpool
145
Overhead Railway Berlin
148
Longitudinal Sleepers and Bridge Rails
149
Metal Bedplate under Flange Rail
150
GIRDER BRIDGES
152
153155 Steel Sleepers
153
Flange Rail with Fastenings
156
Bullheaded Rail with Chair
157
158160 Fishplates xiii
158
Singleline Railway Junction
161
Doubleline Railway Junction
162
Branch Line carried under Main Lines Crossover Road
163
Monorail Railway
165
Suspended Monorail Railway
166
Central Rail Fell System
167
Ladderrack
168
Double Siderack and Train 170 Telfener Rack
169
Strub Rack
171
XI
172
173175 TerritetGlion Cable Railway
173
Sukkur Húgli Jubilee
174
Clifton Cliff Cable Railway
176
American and British Rails Des Moines New Orleans Toronto and New York Tracks
177
Tramway Passingplace
181
Edinburgh Paris
182
103 104
185
VIADUCTS AND TUNNELS
188
204206 Drawdoor Weir
204
Suspended Frame Weir with Bridge
210
Beartrap Weir
211
Movable Shutter Weir
212
Drum Weir
213
SUBAQUEOUS TUNNELS
214
215217 Straight Cut with Jetty Outlet
215
Deltaic Outlets of Tideless River Jetties at Deltaic Outlet
218
219221
222
225227 Regulation and Protection of Outlet
225
XIV
227
228230 Regulation and Training Works
228
230
229
231233 Training Works in a Sandy Estuary
231
234236 Training Works through a Sandy Estuary
234
CABLE RAILWAYS
289
TRAMWAYS
303
185187 Electric Overheadwire Tramways 315
315
Electric Underground Cable and Connector
317
Seashore Railway
322
Suspended Travelling
323
CHAPTER PAGE
327
Embanking River for preventing Inundations
333
Winding River Channel
335
River Regulation Works
337
Modification of Waterlevel of River by submerged Dykes
338
194 195
340
Double Lock on River
343
Oblique Weir 202 203 Angular Weir
345
AND TIDELESS DELTAIC OUTLETS
360
362
361
377
377
382
381
Barge on Cradle
396
Barge in Caisson
397
Hydraulic Canal Lift 246 Floating Canal Lift
398
397
399
Antwerp Rouen 247253 Shipcanals Cross Sections Terneuzen Manchester Baltic Amster dam Panama Corinth Bruges Sanddam on Baltic Canal 2552...
406
Panama Canal Longitudinal Section Manchester Canal Longitudinal Section
408
Holtenau Locks Baltic Canal 266268 Entrance Lock Bruges Canal
414
Barton Locks Manchester Canal
415
IRRIGATION WORKS
421
Diagram of Discharges of River Nile at Assuan 274 Irrigation Canals of India
430
River Weir for Irrigation Canals
434
Movable Shutter with Hydraulic Brake
435
Irrigation Weir at Head of Delta
436
RIVER QUAYS BASINS AND DOCKS
441
DOCK ENTRANCES AND LOCKS AND GRAVING DOCKS
457
HARBOUR WORKS
471
317
487
322
494
323
497
LAND RECLAMATION AND COAST PROTECTION
501
333
507
338
509
SOURCES AND STORAGE OF WATERSUPPLY
513
341
524
343
526
345
528
CONVEYANCE PURIFICATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF WATER
532
SEWERAGE WORKS
546
DISPOSAL OF SEWAGE
557
INDEX
569
401
576
409
577
424
580
426
585
436
593
283
599
Dublin Marseilles Mormugao Basins on Seacoast 443
603
Arrangement of Docks at a Coaling Port 447 286 Protected Approach to Port on Seacoast 448
607
Liverpool Barry Havre 452 294
616
Dock Entrance 455 459
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