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May 2014
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Research Article| April 09 2014

Qingkou complex: an engineering masterpiece of the Grand Canal of China Available to Purchase

Jin Zhang;
Jin Zhang
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Post Doctor of Architecture and Deputy Director, Institute of Cultural Heritage Conservation Projects and Planning (ICHCPP), Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH), Beijing, China
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Yun Zhao, MArch;
Yun Zhao, MArch
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Director, World Heritage Section, Institute of Cultural Heritage Conservation Projects and Planning (ICHCPP), Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH), Beijing, China
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Zhe Wang, MSc;
Zhe Wang, MSc
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Architect, World Heritage Section, Institute of Cultural Heritage Conservation Projects and Planning (ICHCPP), Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH), Beijing, China
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Yi Wang, MA;
Yi Wang, MA
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Assistant Research Fellow, Monitoring Section, Institute of Cultural Heritage Conservation Projects and Planning (ICHCPP), Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH), Beijing, China
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Ting Wu, MSc;
Ting Wu, MSc
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Architect, World Heritage Section, Institute of Cultural Heritage Conservation Projects and Planning (ICHCPP), Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH), Beijing, China
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Ming Cui, MArch
Ming Cui, MArch
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Architect, Architecture Section, Institute of Cultural Heritage Conservation Projects and Planning (ICHCPP), Chinese Academy of Cultural Heritage (CACH), Beijing, China
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Author & Article Information
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Received: November 21 2013
Accepted: February 22 2014
Online ISSN: 1757-9449
Print ISSN: 1757-9430
ICE Publishing: All rights reserved
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Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Engineering History and Heritage (2014) 167 (2): 74–87.
https://doi.org/10.1680/ehah.13.00028
Article history
Received:
November 21 2013
Accepted:
February 22 2014

Situated at the meeting point of the Yellow River, the Huai River and the Grand Canal of China, the Qingkou complex is a large comprehensive water conservancy project built from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries to solve the problems for the Grand Canal to join the Huai River and cross the Yellow River. Through the World Cultural Heritage nomination of the Grand Canal, the composition, operation mechanism and evolution of Qingkou complex is comprehensively studied. This paper summarises these findings, and maps a complete view of the Qingkou complex – an engineering masterpiece along the Grand Canal of China.

Keywords:
embankments, engineering mechanics, history
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