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Examples of enduring feats of civil engineering endeavour can be seen around the world’s seas and waterways, from the SS Great Britain to the Panama Canal.
In this beautifully illustrated book, John Laverick offers an insight into the intriguing field of civil engineering, taking you on a journey that crosses three continents and three centuries, exploring extraordinary achievements including the artificial waterways of the Panama and Suez canals, floating concepts such as the concrete Mulberry harbours, the world’s only rotating ship lift at Falkirk, a man-made island in the Baltic linking the crossings between two countries and the ambitious restoration of the Wilts & Berks Canal.
26th February, 2019 in Archaeology, Transport & Industry
Leading civil engineer and Tideway’s Strategic Projects Director Phil Stride reveals an inside look at how the ‘Super Sewer’ was planned, designed, approved, funded and is being built in his new book The Thames Tideway Tunnel: Preventing Another Great Stink, which provides…
11th January, 2018 in Maritime, Transport & Industry
In 2002, British Waterways (the government department that managed Britain’s canal network at that time) conducted a poll of those interested in the inland waterways, asking them to choose the ‘Seven Wonders of the Inland Waterways for the 21st Century’. The Falkirk Wheel in Cent…
