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The Construction of Roads, Paths and Sea Defences

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The Construction of Roads, Paths and Sea Defences

The Construction of Roads, Paths and Sea Defences

With Portions Relating to Private Street Repairs, Specification Clauses, Prices for Estimating, and Engineer's Replies to Queries
Frank Latham
August 2014
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9781108072090
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    Professionally dedicated to civil engineering and architecture, Frank Latham became Penzance Borough Engineer and Surveyor in 1899, served as a captain in the Royal Engineers during the First World War, and designed the famous Penzance lido for the silver jubilee of George V. For a paper on the town's sea defences, the Civil Engineers of Ireland awarded him a medal in 1905. He had considerable practical experience in his field when he published this work in 1903. Originally written as a series of articles for a municipal engineering journal, the text was revised and presented to readers as an illustrated work of reference. In addition to his thorough explanation of the methods of road and sea-defence construction, Latham includes an appendix on the prices of the materials required. Contemporary advertisements for relevant companies and their various products further enhance the book's interest to historians of technology.

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    August 2014
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    9781108072090
    256 pages
    216 × 140 × 15 mm
    0.33kg
    62 b/w illus. 3 tables
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    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. The necessity of good roads for traction
    • 3. Line of road
    • 4. Embankments
    • 5. Sea walls
    • 6. Drainage
    • 7. Formation of roads
    • 8. Road covering
    • 9. Breaking
    • 10. Stone laying
    • 11. Rolling
    • 12. Road-breaking
    • 13a. Wood pavements
    • 13b. Paved roadways
    • 14. Jointing and foundations
    • 15. Wood paving from a sanitary standpoint
    • 16. Asphalt and tar macadam
    • 17. Brick pavements for roads
    • 18. Stone pavements
    • 19. Other important pavements
    • 20. Bridges
    • 21. Footpaths
    • 22. Concrete laid in situ
    • 23. Artificial stone plants
    • 24. Asphalt
    • 25. Tar concrete and other pavements
    • 26. Street railway tracks
    • 27. Scavenging of streets
    • 28. Cleansing
    • 29. Snow
    • 30. Road watering and washing
    • 31a. Private street repairs
    • 31b. Specimen reports
    • 32. Specification clauses for roads and paths
    • 33. Specification clauses for sewers and sea walls
    • Appendix
    • Index.
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