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Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries / With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals. J. Stephen Jeans · Engineering_and_Technology · 53 章
目录 WATERWAYS AND WATER TRANSPORT INTRODUCTION AND OUTLINE. SECTION I. THE WATERWAYS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. CHAPTER I. THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM. Chapter 5 The Wear. Canals in Wales. Chapter 8 The Caledonian Canal. The Royal Canal. Proposed Waterways from Birmingham to the Sea. Some French Canals. Chapter 13 Traffic on German Waterways. Chapter 15 CHAPTER IX. THE WATERWAYS OF BELGIUM. CHAPTER X. THE WATERWAYS OF HOLLAND. CHAPTER XI. THE WATERWAYS OF ITALY. CHAPTER XII. THE WATERWAYS OF SWEDEN. CHAPTER XIII. THE WATERWAYS OF RUSSIA. CHAPTER XIV. THE WATERWAYS OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Transportation in the United States. Chapter 23 CHAPTER XVI. THE WATERWAYS OF CANADA. CHAPTER XVII. THE WATERWAYS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA. CHAPTER XVIII. CHINESE WATERWAYS. CHAPTER XIX. THE WATERWAYS OF BRITISH INDIA. SECTION II. SHIP CANALS. CHAPTER XX. THE SUEZ CANAL. Chapter 30 CHAPTER XXI. THE PANAMA CANAL. American Views of the Enterprise. CHAPTER XXII. THE NICARAGUAN CANAL. Description of the Canal Works. CHAPTER XXIV. THE ISTHMUS OF CORINTH CANAL. CHAPTER XXV. THE RIVER THAMES. CHAPTER XXVI. RAILWAYS AND CANALS. CHAPTER XXVII. COMPARATIVE COST OF WATER AND LAND TRANSPORT. CHAPTER XXVIII. SYSTEMS OF TRANSPORT AND HAULAGE. Hydraulic Lifts. Dams. CHAPTER XXXI. SPEED OF TRANSPORT. CHAPTER XXXII. CANAL TRAFFIC: ITS CHARACTER AND ITS DENSITY. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MAKING OF ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS. CHAPTER XXXIV. CANAL BOATS. CHAPTER XXXV. THE STATE ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF WATERWAYS. I. CHRONOLOGY OF RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND CANAL NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND UP TO 1852. SUMMARY. III. THROUGH ROUTES OF CANAL AND INLAND NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES. 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. V. THE PRINCIPAL RIVER SYSTEMS OF EUROPE AND THE UNITED STATES. INDEX. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE