...J E WILLIAMS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1889 RIVERS OUTFALLS CHANNELS IMPROVEMENT WORKS SLUICES EXCAVATING DREDGING DRAINAGE NAVIGATION ENLARGEMENT TIDES RAINFALL DEPRESSIONS DEEPENING BANKS FLOODS WIDENING RIVER WITHAM LINCOLNSHIRE BOSTON WASH UK 78...

.... for thirty yearb. It was one of the group of four interesting rivers which dischargedthe drainage waterfrom a district of 6,000 square miles into the Wash, and which in fact formed the outlet for the drainage of the great Fen-land of England,covering an area of 1,306 square miles. The existence of that land...

... on the newoutlet, the reservoir of tidalwater had been diminished, impairing the action of thteidal scour. He was of opinion that it depended, in somedegree,on the moreorless rapid obliteration of the Wash, whether the results obtained by the workson the Witham would prove durable. Hitherto that had not occurred...

...W H WHEELER © Thomas Telford and ICE 1876 FASCINES WORKS OUTFALLS FENS RIVERS RECLAMATION FORESHORES CHANNELS COSTS ACCRETION LAND MARSHES EMBANKMENTS BANKS ALLUVIAL TRAINING WASH OUSE NENE WITHAM WELLAND FENS UK FASCINE WORK AT THE OUTFAUS OF THE FEN...

... an acre as the cost of reclamation. The broad results of the works constructed in the estuaryof the Wash were, he thought, remarkable examples of the beneficial effect of the adoption of longitudinaltrainingwallsasagainstthe ex- ploded system of cross jetties. Mr. SHOOLBRsaEidD a very successful...

... DEPOSITS CHANNELS CUTS FASCINES RECLAMATION WITHAM FENS WASH UK THF. RIVER W H A M . 59 December 1, 1868. CHARLESHUTTONGREGORY, in the Chair. President, The foIIowing Candidates were balloted for and duly elected :- CHARLESGRAHANBLATCHLEYG,EORGEBROADRICKTH, OMAS FORSTBERROWNA...

... SILT LAND RECLAMATION CULTIVATION SILTATION PORTS TIDES TIDAL SILTING NAVIGATION OUTFALLS HARBOURS SAND SCOUR MUD SALT FRESHWATER CUTS CHANNELS ERECTION TRAINING WITHAM FENS BOSTON WASH UK THE RIVER WITHAM. 81 Mr. WHEELERremarked that since the Paper was pritten...

...J B REDMAN © Thomas Telford and ICE 1864 COASTS COASTAL TIDAL SCOUR SHINGLE EROSION DEGRADATION LANDSLIPS PROTECTION DEFENCES SEA GROYNES SAND SPITS FORESHORES BEACHES CLIFFS OUTFALLS CHANNELS HARBOURS TRADE BREAKWATERS MOLES TIDES SHORES THAMES WASH EAST...

...J B REDMAN; ASTRONOMER ROYAL; C H GREGORY; C VIGNOLES; SIR J RENNIE; BURSTAL; J HAWKSHAW; J S RUSSELL; J COODE; P BRUFF; J MURRAY; W A BROOKS; J S VALENTINE THAMES WASH EAST ANGLIA HARWICH UK THE EAST COAST. 225 Mr. REDMANsaid, that a few facts had come to his knowledge since...