...-caisson or well system of foundations, of which the Iskandar bridge provided so interesting an example. The system had been known for a great many years in India, andit was accepted as normal for the foundations of bridges on the Federated Malay States railways. It hadtheadvantage of requiring very little...

... described in his Paper. He remarked that inFig. 2, Plate 7, it would be noticed that the rising main from intake well No. 1 went almost due north. That main had been relocated so as to leave the river some400 feet farther down stream on the left-hand side, in order to reduce the danger of its being affected...

... 1920, and 3-74 inches in 4 hours in September 1923. The mean temperature is about 80" F., with an extreme shade temperature varying from 44" F. to 115"E'. SOURCEOSF WATERSUPPLY. Before the introduction of the new supply the city was dependent upon wells dug in the lateritesometimes to a depth of 60...

... CITIES COUNTRIES DEVELOPING WATER CHANNELS BEDS STONE ALLUVIUM GRADIENTS SILT REGIMES FORMULAE PIPES WELLS HYDRAULIC SAND ABSTRACTION PUMPS WATERWORKS CONSUMPTION YIELD STREAMS RUGOSITY COEFFICIENTS EQUATIONS KANO NIGERIA AFRICA 508 CORRESPONDENCE ON ALLUVIALRIVERS...

... COMPRESSED AIR WELLS SUBSOIL SHIELDS DRIVING IRON LININGS SHIELD DRIVEN TRIAL BORING OVERSEAS CONTRACTORS TENDERS COSTS PLUGS KENTLEDGE STRATA CLAYS RIVER HOOGLY CALCUTTA INDIA ASIA 306 DISCUSSION O N [Minutes of Discussion. Mr. Anderson. Mr. DAVIDANDERSOrNemarked that he...

...R MAIR © Thomas Telford and ICE 1933 RENDEL PALMER TRITTON BRIDGES RAILWAYS RIVERS DESIGN SPANS SITES CONDITIONS CONSTRUCTION CAISSONS SINKING TILTING FILLING WELLS PLUGGING FRICTION RESISTANCE PIERS ERECTION STAGING FLOTATION GIRDERS SERVICE POSITIONING...

...R MAIR; SIR C HINDLEY; D ANDERSON; R D T ALEXANDER; J MACGLASHAN; FEREDAY; H J; A S BUCKLE; SIR G HEARN © Thomas Telford and ICE 1933 BRIDGES RAILWAYS RIVERS PIERS FOUNDATIONS PRESSURE OPEN GRABBING SPANS TILTING WELLS SINKING CAISSONS ERECTION TESTING FLOATING OUT...

... GIRDERS FABRICATION ERECTION ELIMINATION SECONDARY STRESS INTERCHANGEABILITY WEIGHT SPANS SUPERSTRUCTURES FLOTATION COSTS BORING PROBLEMS PUMPING PLANT PUMPS SKIN FRICTION STEEL PRESSURE WELLS STRAIGHTENING LABOUR INDIGENOUS WILLINGDON CALCUTTA RIVER HOOGLY INDIA...

... to the well-curbs, (3) the method of sinking and the spaces between the monoliths, (4)brick side walls, ( 5 ) the coffer-dam, and (6) the position of the culverts. As regards the firstquestion the sub-committee recommended monoliths 40 feet square. They also recommended that Mr. Scott s proposal to use blunt...

...G W HUMPHRIES; SIR F PALMER; F E W WENTWORTH SHEILDS; M F G WILSON; F W MACE; H J DEANE; SIR L SAVILE; H J FEREDAY; J MACGLASHAN; J MCCLURE © Thomas Telford and ICE 1931 SINKING TRIAL MONOLITHS DOCKS HARBOURS SURVEYS TIDAL MODELS PORTS TIDES MODELLING SILT SAND WELLS CURBS...

... CONSTRUCTION SUPPLY MATERIALS BALLAST PLANT MASONRY FOUNDATIONS EXCAVATING BORING WELLS SINKING HOISTING WINCHES BOILERS TRACK TESTS PERMANENT WAY DISASTERS NERBUDDA NERBUDDA BRIDGE Proceedings.] 3TINNITT ON TIIE NERBUDDA BRIDGE. 155 24 March, 1931. Sir GEORGE WILLIAM HUMPHREYS...

...J R RUSSELL © Thomas Telford and ICE 1929 MESSRS S. PEARSON & SON, LTD SLUICES MACHINERY IRRIGATION SCHEMES DAMS CANALISED FLOODS RESERVOIRS CAPACITY CULVERTS SLUICES WELLS RIVERS ERECTION MASONRY GEZIRA BLUE NILE SENNAR DAM SUDAN AFRICA...

... lower. The caisson rested on the packings by means of steel brackets bolted on to the angle brackets of the cutting edge, about 4 feet within it. After the rock was all cleaned up, a solid wall of well-puddled clay in bags was built tightly up against the rock t o the height of the cutting edge. When...

... hoped that,at some futuredate, otherPapersmighbt epresented, describingwithmore detail individualpartas of this work,which was themostimportant of itskind carried out since the Doverharbour-works.Hewas at a loss to understand why the interior of the wells of the monoliths had been lined with concrete...

...F M G DU PLAT TAYLOR © Thomas Telford and ICE 1923 PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY TOPHAM JONES & RAILTON EXTENSIONS DOCKS PORTS WORKS QUAYS WALLS MONOLITHIC CONCRETE WATER IRRUPTION SINKING MONOLITHS TRENCHES SUPERSTRUCTURES EXCAVATIONS TRANSIT SHEDS WELLS...

...T H E COAD; N G GEDYE; L LUIGGI; E F ROBERTS; SIR F SPRING © Thomas Telford and ICE 1923 EXTENSIONS DOCKS PORTS QUAYS WALLS STABILITY MONOLITHS WELLS SKIN FRICTION BRICKS SINKING TILBURY DOCKS RIVER THAMES ENGLAND UK ENGLAND 192 CORRESPONDENCE ON TILBURY...

... water on the land. These experiments were abandoned because a circular brick well of 10 feet diameter yielded only one-tenth of a cubic foot of water per second, and open cuts quicklybecame clogged by vegetation. I n 1911 Mr. John Ashford, M.T.Mech.E., brought a special tube- well tothenotice of those...

...J S BERESFORD; L LUIGGI; A C ANDERSON; R B BUCKLEY; W M BECKETT; E W MONKHOUSE; H W NICHOLSON; S M DIXON © Thomas Telford and ICE 1921 HYDROELECTRICITY IRRIGATION INSTALLATION STRAINERS PUMPING TUBE WELLS LOWERING GROUNDWATER EXCAVATION CONSTRUCTION TURBINES POWER STATIONS...

... not be undermined. Mr. Preston. Mr. SIDXEYPltESTOX remarked that he was very glad to have the opportunity of congratulating the Author, with whom he went to India 50 years ago, on the completion of the work. H e thought he had done well by putting in nearly 44 years service, but the Author had served nearly 50...

... . WOULFEBRENANcongratulatedtheAuthorsontheir excellent Paper. H e was particularly gratified to note the satisfac- tory result in resisting tension in thebase of the front well-walls by reinforcingtheparts. H e was surprised at the use of a concrete of such weak mixture as 9 to l, even though it was only for the filling andcapping...