Tunneling
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- A Practical Treatise
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE TO THE SIXTH EDITION3. INTRODUCTION4. CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS. CHOICE BETWEEN A TUNNEL AND OPEN CUT. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS.5. CHAPTER II. METHODS OF DETERMINING THE CENTER LINE AND FORMS AND DIMENSIONS OF CROSS-SECTION.6. CHAPTER III. EXCAVATING MACHINES AND ROCK DRILLS: EXPLOSIVES AND BLASTING.7. CHAPTER IV. GENERAL METHODS OF EXCAVATION: SHAFTS: CLASSIFICATION OF TUNNELS.8. CHAPTER V. METHODS OF TIMBERING OR STRUTTING TUNNELS.9. CHAPTER VI. METHODS OF HAULING IN TUNNELS.10. CHAPTER VII. TYPES OF CENTERS AND MOLDS EMPLOYED IN CONSTRUCTING TUNNEL LININGS OF MASONRY.11. CHAPTER VIII. METHODS OF LINING TUNNELS.12. CHAPTER IX. TUNNELS THROUGH HARD ROCK; GENERAL DISCUSSION; REPRESENTATIVE MECHANICAL INSTALLATIONS FOR TUNNEL WORK.13. CHAPTER X. TUNNELS THROUGH HARD ROCK (Continued).14. CHAPTER XI. TUNNELS THROUGH HARD ROCK (Continued).—EXCAVATION BY HEADINGS.15. CHAPTER XII. EXCAVATING TUNNELS THROUGH SOFT GROUND; GENERAL DISCUSSION; THE BELGIAN METHOD.16. CHAPTER XIII. THE GERMAN METHOD—EXCAVATING TUNNELS THROUGH SOFT GROUND (Continued); BALTIMORE BELT LINE TUNNEL.17. CHAPTER XIV. THE FULL SECTION METHOD OF TUNNELING: ENGLISH METHOD; AMERICAN METHOD; AUSTRIAN METHOD.18. CHAPTER XV. SPECIAL TREACHEROUS GROUND METHOD; ITALIAN METHOD; QUICKSAND TUNNELING; PILOT METHOD.19. CHAPTER XVI. OPEN-CUT TUNNELING METHODS; TUNNELS UNDER CITY STREETS; BOSTON SUBWAY AND NEW YORK RAPID TRANSIT.20. CHAPTER XVII. SUBMARINE TUNNELING: GENERAL DISCUSSION.—THE SEVERN TUNNEL.21. CHAPTER XVIII. SUBMARINE TUNNELING (Continued); THE COMPRESSED AIR METHOD.—THE MILWAUKEE WATER-WORKS TUNNEL.22. CHAPTER XIX. SUBMARINE TUNNELING (Continued).23. CHAPTER XX. SUBMARINE TUNNELING (Continued).24. CHAPTER XXI. SUBMARINE TUNNELING (Continued); TUNNELS AT VERY SHALLOW DEPTH. THE COFFERDAM METHOD. THE PNEUMATIC CAISSON METHOD. THE JOINING TOGETHER SECTIONS OF TUNNELS BUILT ON LAND.25. CHAPTER XXII. ACCIDENTS AND REPAIRS IN TUNNELS DURING AND AFTER CONSTRUCTION.26. CHAPTER XXIII. RELINING TIMBER-LINED TUNNELS WITH MASONRY.27. CHAPTER XXIV. THE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING OF TUNNELS DURING CONSTRUCTION.28. CHAPTER XXV. THE COST OF TUNNEL EXCAVATION AND THE TIME REQUIRED FOR THE WORK.29. INDEX30. Transcriber’s Notes