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ABC/23
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Practical tunnelling by ... 4th ed. rev. with additional chapters by D Kinnear Clark.
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- 1896 (Creation)
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1 volume
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(24 Dec 1803 – 27 Feb 1865)
Biographical history
British civil engineer
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25567
ODNB Entry: https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/25567
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A detailed anthology about the planning, construction, maintenance, ventilation, and alterations of tunnels. It also gives some insight into the materials and techniques used, costs and characteristics in different settings (tunneling in clay, gravel, soft or hard rock). The text is accompanied by numerous drawings, diagrams, plans and measurements of tunnels mainly in the UK. Buildings included are: Blechingley Tunnel; Saltwood Tunnel; Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Railway; South Wales Railway; Manchester and Leeds Railway; Birkenhead Tunnel; Buckhorn Weston Tunnel; Lydgate Tunnel; Netherton Tunnel; Stapleton Tunnel; Lindal Tunnel; Glasgow Waterworks; Mont Cenis Tunnel; St. Gothard Tunnel; Dore and Chinley Railway; Simplon Tunnel; Tequixquiac Tunnel; Vyrnwy Aqueduct; Blackwall Tunnel; Glasgow Harbour Tunnel; St. Clair River Tunnel; Hudson Tunnel; West Chicago Street Railway Tunnel; Ampthill Second Tunnel; Mill of Ash Tunnel; Moseley Tunnel; District Railway, London; Clifton Tunnel; Metropolitan Railway, London; Totley Tunnel; Manchester and Sheffield Railway, London; Paris Underground Railway.
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- English
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Corners slightly scuffed, some loose pages and torn plates