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Shows ways in which gabions are used for walls, groynes and outfalls on the coast and in tidal waters. First or second year undergraduates in civil engineering.*
Weirs and groyning systems in rivers. The film covers only one of several techniques in the field. Shows a variety of structures.
Looks at the contribution that civil engineers make in achievements such as bridges, dams and harbours, and in less spectacular work.
Shows the first blast, the building of the world highest steel bridge, and the construction of Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River.
Contemporary account of the construction and operation of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River between Arizona and Nevada, completed in 1936 as Boulder Dam and given it original name in 1947.
Archive copy in the Imperial War Museum. The story of ‘Mulberry’, a prefabricated harbour larger than Dover Harbour, designed, tested and built in Britain, towed across the English Channel, and set down...
Looks at the Hamel piplines, the purpose of which was to delivering petrol wherever required, without harbours or ships, on the invasion coast of France during World War 2. The success of this top-secret...
The Tacoma Narrows is near Seattle, Washington, and is exposed to westerly winds from the Pacific Ocean. The construction of a suspension bridge across the narrows began in Novermber 1938 and in July 1940...
The Tacoma Narrows is near Seattle, Washington, and is exposed to westerly winds from the Pacific Ocean. The construction of a suspension bridge across the narrows began in November 1938 and in July 1940 the...
To assist the designers of the proposed Severn bridge, experiments were carried out by the National Physical Laboratory on behalf of the Ministry of Transport. Followed by THE STORY OF THE TACOMA NARROWS...
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