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Book, Railway Practice: a collection of working plans and practical details of construction in the public works of the most celebrated engineers, 1847 (exact)
... Great Britain in either 1809 or 1810. He designed the greater part of the London to Birmingham railway line. He published two technical books called Railway Practice in 1837 and 1840. In 1830 he won the architectural gold medal of the London Society of Arts for a village church...Great Britain in either 1809 or 1810. He designed the greater part of the London to Birmingham railway line. He published two technical books called Railway Practice in 1837 and 1840. In 1830 he won the architectural gold medal of the London Society of Arts for a village church ...
A green cloth hard cover book. Title and author's name are engraved in gold on spine. This is the 3rd edition, first series with black and white illustrations. It describes the engineering practices of the early days of British railroads. The book includes (series 1 to 4)and it contains, roads, tramroads and railroads, bridges, aqueducts, viaducts, wharfs, warehouses, roofs, and sheds, canals, locks, sluices, & the various works on rivers, streams, etc., harbours, docks, piers and jetties, tunnels, cuttings and embankments, the several works connected with the drainage of marshes, marine sands, and the irrigation of land, water-works, gas-works, water-wheels, mills, engines.civil engineering, railway practice, rail constructions, s c brees, western railway great britain, public works, railroads, canals, s.c. brees, samuel brees, samuel charles brees
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