SCALE-MODEL EXPERIMENTS TO DETERMINE THE BEST FORM OF SILT-TRAPPING BASIN AT THE CONFLUENCE OF THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL AND THE RIVER MERSEY.

  • Authors: J ALLEN; W EASTWOOD
  • Source: Journal of the ICE, Volume 31, Issue 3, pages 241 –269 , , E-ISSN: 0368-2455

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INTRODUCTION. INr ecent years, the Manchester Ship Canal Companyh as spent a considerable sum on the dredging of sand and silt which is carried over the Irlam weir by the River Mersey and deposited in a comparatively short stretch of the Ship Canal. The general relationship of the river to the canal will be appreciated from Pig. 1. At the foot of Irlam weir there is a small settling basin ; the depth of water in this basin is about 18 feet, and in the canal, when dredged, it is 30 feet...

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