Author: TASMANIAN PARLIAMENT.
Title: Royal Commission On Railways And Public Works. Replies to and Remarks Upon the Report of the Royal Commission on Railways and Public Works, received from The Engineer-in-chief, the resident engineers of the Derwent Valley and Fingal Railways, and Mr. R.M. Johnston, Government statician.
Description: small folio; pp. 64; appendices, charts and list; bound with sewing and reinforcing tape; a good copy. Hobart, William Thomas Strutt; 1886. Includes data on bridges and abutments on Tasmanian and South Australian Bridges specifations, building of concrete piers including piers in New Zealand, Launceston and Scottsdale Railway. Mersey and Deloraine Railway estimates for lines, road bridges, pipe, timber and masonry culverts.14 large folding diagrams of Derwent Valley Railway No, 2 Bridge, Gaisson Piers, S.A. Railways Port Augusta and Government Gums Railway including Gaisson Piers, Plate Girders cross section of girders, bridge diagrams, retaining walls,. Folding diagram includes River Thames London retaining wall and new lock wall , Callas Harbour Works. Diagram of Derwent Valley No. 3 Bridge, 2 nice full page diagrams of Waimakiriri Bridge, N.Z and Government Gums Railway, S.A. Hookina Bridge.

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