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The Great Thames Barrage

The Great Thames Barrage

by Thomas Walter Barber

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Author
Barber, Thomas Walter, 1846-1917
Credits
E-text prepared by deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
TC: Technology: Ocean engineering
Subject
River engineering
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 62224
Release Date
May 25, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE GREAT THAMES BARRAGE
  2. 2.What is complained of.
  3. 3.Remedies Proposed.
  4. 4.Port of London Bill, 1903.
  5. 5.Dockisation the True Remedy.
  6. 6.The Tidal Thames.
  7. 7.Tidal Wave.
  8. 8.The Thames Estuary.
  9. 9.Upland Water.
  10. 10.Effect of Dockisation on the River.
  11. 11.Water Supply of London.
  12. 12.Rail and Road Communication at Gravesend.
  13. 13.National and Military Aspect of the Scheme.
  14. 14.The Depletion of the Thames Basin.
  15. 15.Minor Advantages.
  16. 16.Works and Construction.
  17. 17.Financial.
  18. 18.The Port of London Bill, 1903.
  19. 19.Dredging the River.
  20. 20.Objections against Dockisation.

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