Papers and practical illustrations of public works of recent construction, both British and American.
By: Supplementary to previous publications...Fifty engravings.
Publisher: J. Weale
Published: 1856
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Civil engineering.; Bridges.
Table of contents: title: 1. Memoir of the Niagara Falls and international suspension bridge, by J. Roebling.-2. Memoirs of the late Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Bentham [by his widow] with an account of his inventions.-3. The Paddock viaduct, by J. Hawkshaw.-4. Lockwood viaduct, by J. Hawkshaw.-5. Denby Dale viaduct, by J. Hawkshaw.-6. Tithebarn street viaduct, Liverpool, by J. Hawkshaw.-7. Newark dyke bridge on the Great Northern railway, by J. Cubitt.-8. Mountain top track in the state of Virginia, by Charles Ellet.-9. Preliminaries to good building, by E. L. Garbett.-10. Suggestions for increasing the circulating medium in aid of commerce and mechanical enterprise.