History of the Fens of South Lincolnshire - Being a Description of Rivers Witham Welland Their Estuary, an

Klappentext This expanded 1896 second edition gives a detailed history of the reclamation and drainage of the Fens of South Lincolnshire. Zusammenfassung First published in 1868 by the hydraulic engineer W. H. Wheeler (1832–1915), this work on the Fens of South Lincolnshire is reissued here in its much expanded second edition of 1896. It covers the reclamation of fenland from political and economic perspectives, touching also on engineering methods. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Early history of the Fens; 2. The Court of Sewers; 3. The North Holland parishes; 4. South Holland, including the South Holland drainage district and the South Holland Embankment Trust; 5. The River Witham; 6. The Witham drainage districts; 7. The Black Sluice; 8. The Black Sluice districts; 9. The Welland and the Glen, Bicker Haven and Crowland Washes; 10. Deeping Fen, Bourne South Fen and Thurlby Fen; 11. The estuary and proposed schemes of reclamation; 12. Boston Harbour and the Witham Outfall; 13. The drainage system of the Fenland, with a description of the pumping machinery; 14. Agriculture of the Fenland - rent and value of land - rate of wages - value of produce; 15. Waterways, roads, bridges, and railways; 16. Geology and water supply; 17. Natural history and products, climatology and health; Appendix; Index.

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• Authors: William Henry Wheeler, Wheeler William Henry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2013
• EAN: 9781108066419
• ISBN: 978-1-108-06641-9
• No. of pages: 664
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology; Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Technology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; European History, British & Irish history, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General