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Home / Forest Books William Laywood / Livres anciens et modernes / Report on the measures to be attained to in the Survey of a Line of Navigation, from Newcastle upon Tyne to the Irish Chancel. Published by Order of the Northumberland Committee of Subscribers to the Survey. To which are added, all the Reports subsequent to the Survey, and the estimates of Messrs Jessop and Chapman. [and] Second Part of the Proposed Navigation between the East and West Seas, viz. from Haydon-Bridge to Maryport. With Observations on Lines to Penrith, Sandsfield, Ravensbank, Bowness, Wigton. [and] Third and last Part of a Report on the Proposed Navigation between the East and West Seas, (viz.) on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Carrying the Navigation on the South Side of the River Tyne, in the different Courses that it

Livres anciens et modernes

Chapman (William) And Jessop (William)

Report on the measures to be attained to in the Survey of a Line of Navigation, from Newcastle upon Tyne to the Irish Chancel. Published by Order of the Northumberland Committee of Subscribers to the Survey. To which are added, all the Reports subsequent to the Survey, and the estimates of Messrs Jessop and Chapman. [and] Second Part of the Proposed Navigation between the East and West Seas, viz. from Haydon-Bridge to Maryport. With Observations on Lines to Penrith, Sandsfield, Ravensbank, Bowness, Wigton. [and] Third and last Part of a Report on the Proposed Navigation between the East and West Seas, (viz.) on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Carrying the Navigation on the South Side of the River Tyne, in the different Courses that it

Newcastle: Printed for J. Whitefield, 1795-6.,

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Forest Books William Laywood

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Auteur
Chapman (William) And Jessop (William)
Éditeurs
Newcastle: Printed for J. Whitefield, 1795-6.
Thème
TECHNOLOGY ANTIQUARIAN CIVIL ENGINEERING NAVAL NEWCASTLE UPON, TYNE

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6 parts in one, each part with separate title and pagination, 13, [1]; 11, [1];16, [2]; 17, [1]; 6; 2 pp., modern half morocco, gilt lettering on spine, a nice copy. A series of reports on a project to connect Tyne and Solway Firth by a canal, based on extensive surveys carried out in 1795 and 1796. The plan was abandoned. These reports were collected together and issued as a collection. William Chapman was one of the foremost civil engineers of his day, carrying out successful harbour and drainage schemes. He was concerned with the improvement of river navigations and worked with William Jessop on the Grand Canal of Ireland. Skempton, 228 (incorporating reports 222-227 which were issued separately).
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