Southern EnglandR. A. Otter This guide covers from Cornwall to Kent, including Somerset and parts of Wiltshire and Surrey. It provides an informative look at some of the internationally renowned examples of historic development and engineering skills throughout southern England, including such examples as: Smeaton's Eddystone Lighthouse. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Tamar Valley and Plymouth | 26 |
Central and Eastern Devon | 52 |
Somerset and midWiltshire | 88 |
Dorset and South Wiltshire | 116 |
Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 140 |
Sussex and South Surrey | 170 |
Kent | 218 |
Site index | 265 |
General bibliography | 272 |
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Ancient Bridge Aqueduct arch ribs basin beams breakwater brick Bridge HEW Bridgwater Brighton Brunel built Canal carried cast-iron century chain ferry chalk Civil engineering heritage Cliff construction Cornwall Railway crossing cutwaters David and Charles deck Devon Dover east Eddystone Lighthouse Engrs Exeter ferry Folkestone ft centres ft diameter ft high ft long ft span ft wide gauge girders gradient Grand Western Canal granite Harbour Instn Civ John Smeaton length Lighthouse London masonry arch Medway Merstham miles Navigation Newton Abbot parapets piers piles Plymouth port Proc pump quay rail Railway HEW reinforced concrete replaced River River Parrett road route Royal Royal Albert Bridge Scheduled Ancient Monument side Smeaton Somerset Somerset Levels South Eastern Railway Station stone structure Tamar Thomas Telford tidal timber tower track traffic trusses Tunnel upstream Viaduct Wadebridge walls Western Railway width wrought iron
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Page 274 - Where modern structures have been designed to the metric system, these units have been used in the text. The following are the metric equivalents of the Imperial units used. Length 1 inch = 25.4 millimetres 1 foot = 0.3048 metre 1 yard = 0.9144 metre 1 mile = 1.609 kilometres Area 1 square inch = 645.2 square millimetres 1 square foot = 0.0929 square metre 1 acre = 0.4047 hectare 1 square mile = 259 hectares Volume 1 gallon = 4.546 litres 1 million gallons = 4546 cubic metres 1 cubic yard = 0.7646...
Page 274 - Metric equivalents Imperial measurements have generally been adopted to give the dimensions of the works described, as this system was used in the design of the great majority of them. Where modern structures have been designed to the metric system, these units have been used in the text. The following are the metric equivalents of the Imperial units used. Length 1 inch = 25.4 millimetres 1 foot = 0.3048 metre 1 yard = 0.9144 metre 1 mile = 1.609 kilometres Area 1 square...