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Waterways and Water Transport

by J. Stephen Jeans

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Author
Jeans, J. Stephen (James Stephen), 1846-1913
Title
Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.
Credits
Produced by Chris Curnow, Paul Marshall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
TC: Technology: Ocean engineering
Subject
Canals
Category
Text
eBook-No.
56560
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56560
Release Date
February 13, 2018
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.WATERWAYS AND WATER TRANSPORT
  2. 2.INTRODUCTION AND OUTLINE.
  3. 3.SECTION I. THE WATERWAYS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM.
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. ENGLISH RIVERS. — The Mersey. — The Weaver. — The Tyne. — The Ribble. — The Severn. — The Witham. — The Nene and Ouse. — The Tees. — The Irwell. — The Wear.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. THE ENGLISH CANAL SYSTEM. — The Hull and Liverpool Canal. — The Leeds and Liverpool Canal. — Kennet and Avon Canal. — The Ellesmere Canal. — Aire and Calder Canal. — Midland Canals. — Canals in Wales.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. THE WATERWAYS OF SCOTLAND. — The Forth and Clyde Canal. — The Union and Monkland Canals. — The Caledonian Canal.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. THE WATERWAYS OF IRELAND. — The Shannon. — Minor Irish Rivers. — The Grand Canal. — The Royal Canal.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. PROJECTED CANALS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. — The Forth and Clyde Canal. — The Proposed Sheffield and Goole Canal. — The Proposed Irish Sea and Birkenhead Ship Canal. — The Canal Connection between London and Bristol. — Proposed Waterways from Birmingham to the Sea.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. THE WATERWAYS OF FRANCE. — Some French Canals.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. THE WATERWAYS OF GERMANY. — Traffic on German Waterways.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. THE WATERWAYS OF BELGIUM.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. THE WATERWAYS OF HOLLAND.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE WATERWAYS OF ITALY.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE WATERWAYS OF SWEDEN.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. THE WATERWAYS OF RUSSIA.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. THE WATERWAYS OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. THE WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES. — Projected Canals. — Transportation in the United States.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE WATERWAYS OF CANADA.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. THE WATERWAYS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. CHINESE WATERWAYS.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. THE WATERWAYS OF BRITISH INDIA.
  23. 23.SECTION II. SHIP CANALS.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XX. THE SUEZ CANAL.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE PANAMA CANAL. — American Views of the Enterprise.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL. — Description of the Canal Works.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. THE ISTHMUS OF CORINTH CANAL.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. THE RIVER THAMES.
  30. 30.SECTION III. TRANSPORT AND WORKING.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. RAILWAYS AND CANALS.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. COMPARATIVE COST OF WATER AND LAND TRANSPORT.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. SYSTEMS OF TRANSPORT AND HAULAGE.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. LOCKS, PLANES, SLUICE-GATES AND LIFTS. — Planes. — Locks. — Hydraulic Lifts.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. TUNNELS, VIADUCTS, EMBANKMENTS, AND WEIRS. — Viaducts. — Embankments and Weirs. — Dams.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. SPEED OF TRANSPORT.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. CANAL TRAFFIC: ITS CHARACTER AND ITS DENSITY.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MAKING OF ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. CANAL BOATS.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. THE STATE ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF WATERWAYS.
  41. 41.I. CHRONOLOGY OF RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND CANAL NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND UP TO 1852.
  42. 42.II. CANALS AND INLAND RIVER NAVIGATIONS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND WALES, DISTINGUISHING THE MILEAGE UNDER, AND THE MILEAGE NOT UNDER, THE CONTROL OF RAILWAY COMPANIES. — RIVERS IN ENGLAND. — CANALS AND NAVIGATIONS ABANDONED OR CONVERTED INTO RAILWAYS. — SUMMARY.
  43. 43.III. THROUGH ROUTES OF CANAL AND INLAND NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES.
  44. 44.IV. STATEMENT OF THE CANALS, ETC., IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY RAILWAY COMPANIES ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1882, ARRANGED UNDER THE DATES OF THE SPECIAL ACTS AUTHORISING THE ARRANGEMENTS.
  45. 45.V. THE PRINCIPAL RIVER SYSTEMS OF EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES.
  46. 46.INDEX.

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