Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National ImportanceMethuen, 1904 - 179 sider |
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... tidal waters lapped the foot of grassy hills . But gradually the sea retired , its inland bed becoming first tidal marsh , and then marshy plains with channels more or less navigable , but always of lessening reach and depth . No doubt ...
... tidal waters lapped the foot of grassy hills . But gradually the sea retired , its inland bed becoming first tidal marsh , and then marshy plains with channels more or less navigable , but always of lessening reach and depth . No doubt ...
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... tidal stream , which to vessels both arriving and departing served the rôle of tug , and so placed as to be in easy communication with the Low Countries and the Baltic cities , its ad- vantages were great . As a distributing centre ...
... tidal stream , which to vessels both arriving and departing served the rôle of tug , and so placed as to be in easy communication with the Low Countries and the Baltic cities , its ad- vantages were great . As a distributing centre ...
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... tidal docks — i.e . , docks without locks or gates were created , greatly to the benefit of the port . But what in later times has given a peculiar value to the river quays has been the railways laid along them and extended to the docks ...
... tidal docks — i.e . , docks without locks or gates were created , greatly to the benefit of the port . But what in later times has given a peculiar value to the river quays has been the railways laid along them and extended to the docks ...
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... tidal or gateless docks . The comparative merits of these differing systems we will presently consider at greater length . Then there are essential differences between port and port in the method of discharge and delivery . In London ...
... tidal or gateless docks . The comparative merits of these differing systems we will presently consider at greater length . Then there are essential differences between port and port in the method of discharge and delivery . In London ...
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... tidal docks or harbour was provided by the municipality , while a syndicate of leading city men undertook to equip and manage the new harbour on its completion , the income to be annually divided in certain fixed proportions between the ...
... tidal docks or harbour was provided by the municipality , while a syndicate of leading city men undertook to equip and manage the new harbour on its completion , the income to be annually divided in certain fixed proportions between the ...
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Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
Ports and Docks: Their History, Working, and National Importance Douglas Owen Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1904 |
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