... narrow boats of Britain or the `country' boats of Bangladesh, and while all these may have a signi®cant role locally, inland shipping can mean much more. Water transport undoubtedly has great antiquityÐfor example, China's Grand Canal, the role of the Nile in the emergence of the Egyptian civilization...

...M CULLEN © Thomas Telford and ICE 1999 GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY DOCKS GATES MITRE IMPOUNDING DESIGN SYSTEMS WATER RETAINING SURVEYS METHODS SURVEYING WATERTIGHTNESS CANALS PORTS QUOINS POSTS SILLS LOADS RESPONSES HYDROSTATICS STRUCTURAL SEALS Design...

... winter ¯ows in the King Abdullah Canal to allow further development of irrigation at the southern end of the Jordan Valley immediately north of the Dead Sea. This paper describes the project and the design philosophy behind the development of the chosen embankment cross-section. Keywords: dams, barrages...

...J D GOSDEN; P P MIDDLEHURST; A STOPHER © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 BROWN & ROOT HOWARD HUMPHREYS BROWN & ROOT ALFRED MCALPINE RJB MINING RIVERS CANALS DIVERSION WALLS FAILURES EXCAVATIONS DEEP INUNDATION FLOODS WATERWAYS WATER SITES RECOVERY PLANNING...

...P T PIGOTT; E T HANRAHAN; N SOMERS; E W BRAND; F C COONEY; I J SHEEHAN; P F GRAHAM; P T FEE; P M BLAIR FISH; P M B FISH; G HAIDER; S XAVIER; P J O DONNELL; P JOHNSTON; J H GORDON; B D RODGERS; HAMBLY IRELAND GRAND CANAL CANALS RECONSTRUCTION PEAT AREAS FAILURES SHEAR STRENGTH...