River training and control : being a description of the theory and practice of the modern system, entitled, the guide bank system, used in India for the control and guidance of great alluvial rivers / by Francis J.E. Spring
The author approaches the hydraulic engineering of rivers from the point of view of a railway engineer requiring to bridge large alluvial rivers. Constructing on the banks of such a river so as to avoid both over- and under-engineering, and therefore to avoid either unnecessary capital or revenue (for maintenance) expenditure
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ICE Publishing, viewed on Jan. 26, 2012)
