[7] ‘Transactions of the American Institute of Civil Engineers,’ vol. xiv. p. 48.
[8] Address to the Manchester Association of Engineers.
CONTENTS.
| page | |
| Introduction and Outline | [iii] |
SECTION I. | |
| THE WATERWAYS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. | |
CHAPTER I. | |
| The Transportation Problem | [ 1] |
CHAPTER II. | |
| English Rivers | [23] |
CHAPTER III. | |
| The English Canal System | [40] |
CHAPTER IV. | |
| The Waterways of Scotland | [63] |
CHAPTER V. | |
| The Waterways of Ireland | [74] |
CHAPTER VI. | |
| Projected Canals in the United Kingdom | [82] |
CHAPTER VII. | |
| The Waterways of France | [93] |
CHAPTER VIII. | |
| The Waterways of Germany | [116] |
CHAPTER IX. | |
| The Waterways of Belgium | [134] |
CHAPTER X. | |
| The Waterways of Holland | [145] |
CHAPTER XI. | |
| The Waterways of Italy | [153] |
CHAPTER XII. | |
| The Waterways of Sweden | [164] |
CHAPTER XIII. | |
| The Waterways of Russia | [172] |
CHAPTER XIV. | |
| The Waterways of Austria-Hungary | [185] |
CHAPTER XV. | |
| The Waterways of the United States | [191] |
CHAPTER XVI. | |
| The Waterways of Canada | [216] |
CHAPTER XVII. | |
| The Waterways of South and Central America | [229] |
CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| Chinese Waterways | [232] |
CHAPTER XIX. | |
| The Waterways of British India | [237] |
SECTION II. | |
| SHIP CANALS. | |
CHAPTER XX. | |
| The Suez Canal | [245] |
CHAPTER XXI. | |
| The Panama Canal | [274] |
CHAPTER XXII. | |
| The Nicaraguan Canal | [314] |
CHAPTER XXIII. | |
| The Manchester Ship Canal | [329] |
CHAPTER XXIV. | |
| The Isthmus of Corinth Canal | [346] |
CHAPTER XXV. | |
| The River Thames | [353] |
SECTION III. | |
| TRANSPORT AND WORKING. | |
CHAPTER XXVI. | |
| Railways and Canals | [364] |
CHAPTER XXVII. | |
| Comparative Cost of Water and Land Transport | [375] |
CHAPTER XXVIII. | |
| Systems of Transport and Haulage | [391] |
CHAPTER XXIX. | |
| Locks, Planes, Sluice-Gates, and Lifts | [408] |
CHAPTER XXX. | |
| Tunnels, Viaducts, Embankments and Weirs | [424] |
CHAPTER XXXI. | |
| Speed of Transport | [435] |
CHAPTER XXXII. | |
| Canal Traffic: its Character and its Density | [441] |
CHAPTER XXXIII. | |
| The Making of Artificial Waterways | [447] |
CHAPTER XXXIV. | |
| Canal Boats | [460] |
CHAPTER XXXV. | |
| The State Acquisition and Control of Waterways | [469] |
APPENDICES. | ||
| I.— | Chronology of River Improvement and Canal Navigation in England up to 1852 | [475] |
| II.— | Canals and Inland River Navigation in England, Wales, and Scotland, distinguishing Mileage under, and Mileage not under, the Control of Railway Companies | [478] |
| III.— | Through Routes of Canal and Inland Navigation in England and Wales | [485] |
| IV.— | Statement of the Canals, &c., 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 | [490] |
| V.— | The Principal River Systems of Europe and America | [490] |
INDEX | [ 495] | |