Waterways and Water Transport in Different Countries
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- With a description of the Panama, Suez, Manchester, Nicaraguan, and other canals
J. Stephen (James Stephen) Jeans
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1. Front matter2. WATERWAYS AND WATER TRANSPORT3. INTRODUCTION AND OUTLINE.4. CHAPTER I. THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM.5. CHAPTER II. ENGLISH RIVERS.6. CHAPTER III. THE ENGLISH CANAL SYSTEM.7. CHAPTER IV. THE WATERWAYS OF SCOTLAND.8. CHAPTER V. THE WATERWAYS OF IRELAND.9. CHAPTER VI. PROJECTED CANALS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.10. CHAPTER VII. THE WATERWAYS OF FRANCE.11. CHAPTER VIII. THE WATERWAYS OF GERMANY.12. CHAPTER IX. THE WATERWAYS OF BELGIUM.13. CHAPTER X. THE WATERWAYS OF HOLLAND.14. CHAPTER XI. THE WATERWAYS OF ITALY.15. CHAPTER XII. THE WATERWAYS OF SWEDEN.16. CHAPTER XIII. THE WATERWAYS OF RUSSIA.17. CHAPTER XIV. THE WATERWAYS OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.18. CHAPTER XV. THE WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES.19. CHAPTER XVI. THE WATERWAYS OF CANADA.20. CHAPTER XVII. THE WATERWAYS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA.21. CHAPTER XVIII. CHINESE WATERWAYS.22. CHAPTER XIX. THE WATERWAYS OF BRITISH INDIA.23. CHAPTER XX. THE SUEZ CANAL.24. CHAPTER XXI. THE PANAMA CANAL.25. CHAPTER XXII. THE NICARAGUAN CANAL.26. CHAPTER XXIII. THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL.27. CHAPTER XXIV. THE ISTHMUS OF CORINTH CANAL.28. CHAPTER XXV. THE RIVER THAMES.29. CHAPTER XXVI. RAILWAYS AND CANALS.30. CHAPTER XXVII. COMPARATIVE COST OF WATER AND LAND TRANSPORT.31. CHAPTER XXVIII. SYSTEMS OF TRANSPORT AND HAULAGE.32. CHAPTER XXIX. LOCKS, PLANES, SLUICE-GATES AND LIFTS.33. CHAPTER XXX. TUNNELS, VIADUCTS, EMBANKMENTS, AND WEIRS.34. CHAPTER XXXI. SPEED OF TRANSPORT.35. CHAPTER XXXII. CANAL TRAFFIC: ITS CHARACTER AND ITS DENSITY.36. CHAPTER XXXIII. THE MAKING OF ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS.37. CHAPTER XXXIV. CANAL BOATS.38. CHAPTER XXXV. THE STATE ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF WATERWAYS.39. APPENDIX.40. INDEX.