Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries
With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals.
J. Stephen Jeans, a British writer on industry and transport, published Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries in 1890, at a time when railways had overtaken canals and the question of reviving inland navigation was much debated. The first section surveys the waterways of many nations, beginning with English rivers such as the Mersey, the Severn and the Tyne and the English canal system, then those of Europe, America and elsewhere, with descriptions of the Suez, Panama, Manchester Ship and proposed Nicaraguan canals. The second section deals with engineering and economics: locks, lifts, viaducts and dams, speed of transport, the density of traffic, the construction of artificial waterways and the design of canal boats. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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