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Volume 22, Issue 6, April 1944

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THE ENGINEERING EVOLUTION OF THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD.
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- pp. 71–86
- Author: V A M ROBERTSON
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1944.14034
- ROBERTSON ON THE ENGINEERING EVOLUTION OF THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD. 71 Paper No. 5403. ``The Engineering Evolution the London Passenger Transport Board. of `'t By VERNON ALEC MURRAYROBERTSON, C.B.E., MC., TABLE O F CONTENTS. M. Inst. C.E. PAQE Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A chronological picture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The influence of London t r a 5 c onengineering . . . . . . . . . Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Power-supply .................. Factors governing the siting of underground railways ...... Speed ..................... Evolution in the design of railways . . . . . . . . . . . . The human element t...
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DISCUSSION. THE ENGINEERING EVOLUTION OF THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD.
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- pp. 87–95
- Authors: V A M ROBERTSON; SIR W HALCROW; A S QUARTERMAINE; G ELLSON; J THORNYCROFT; J C L TRAIN; G L GROVES
- Document Type: Discussion
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1944.14037
- LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD. 87 Discussion. The Author introduced the Paper with the aid of a series of lantern slides. Sir William Halcrow observed that to Londoners the Author's brief summary of the evolution of London Transport made fascinatingreading. The statistics of vehicles employed, the improvement in the average speed of travel, and thenumbers of passengers carried made an imposing record. The problems affecting thefuture of the London Passenger Transport Board's activities were many, and in particular those affecting tube railways were probably the most, difficult owing the to high cost of construction...
REMEDIAL WORKS IN CONNEXION WITH THE WALDERSHELF SLIP-BROOMHEAD RESERVOIR.
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- pp. 95–106
- Author: L BENDELOW
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1944.14044
- LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOAIW. 95 an arguable point, but one which would influence the policy of the future. He agreed entirely with Mr. Groves that the London Plan should not have been released without the advice, help, andsupport of the civil engineer. The replanning of London could not possibly be executed without civil engineering cooperation. Paper No. 5399. Remedial Works in Connexion with the Waldershelf SlipBroomhead Reservoir. " (Hwden Valley Waterworks of the Corporation of Shetficld) By LAURENCE BENDELOW, M. Inst. C...
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SILT TRANSPORTATION AND ITS RELATION TO REGIME CHANNEL SECTIONS.
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- pp. 107–120
- Author: W M GRIFFITH
- Document Type: Research Article
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1944.14045
- GRTFPJTH O N SILT TRANSPORTATION AND ITS RELATION TO REGIME CHANNEL SECTIONS. 107 Paper No. 5405. `` Silt Transportation and itsRelationto Regime Channel Sections." Ry W r r m A n r MAIJRTCE GRTFFITR, Assoc. M . Tnst. C.E. (Ordrrrrl by the Council to be puhlishcd i,n ahstrccct form.) *f IN a Paper presented to the American Society of Civil Engineers,l the Author asserted that changes in the cross sections of rivers and canak, flowing in alluvium, resulting from changes in the hydraulic conditions, could be mathematically calculated from the following basic law :" The equilibrium of all pointsin the bed of a flowing section is governed hy the equation = can ...
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CORRESPONDENCE. WIND-PRESSURE ON BUILDINGS, INCLUDING EFFECTS OF ADJACENT BUILDINGS.
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- pp. 121–125
- Authors: A BAILEY; N D G VINCENT; P G BOWIE; A M HAMILTON
- Document Type: Letter
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1944.14046
- CORRESPONDENCE ON WIND-FEESSURE ON BUILDINGS, INCLUDING EFFECTS OF ADJACENT BUILDINGS. 1d l CORRESPONDENCE ON A PAPERPUBLISHED IN OCTOBER 1943 JOURNAT, Paper No. 5367. `(Wind-Pressure on Buildings, including Effects of Adjacent Buildings. ' ' t By ALFREDBAILEY, M.Sc.,Assoc. M. Inst. C.E., and NOELDAVIDGEORGE VINCENT, B.Sc. Mr. P. G. Bowie observed that when he had had occasion in the past to provide for thestability of structures of considerable size he had assumed that the intensityof wind-pressure, in lb...
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OBITUARY. SIR THOMAS ROBERT JOHN WARD. 1863-1944.
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- Author: UNKNOWN
- Document Type: Obituary
- DOI: 10.1680/ijoti.1944.14047
- OBITUARY. Sir THOMAS ROBERT JOHN WARD, C.I.E., M.V.O.,was born a t King William's Town, South Africa on the 12th February,1863, and died a t Hatch End, Middlesex, on the 27th January, 1944. He was educated at St. Cyprians, Kimberley, a t Framlingham School, and at the Royal Indian Engineering College, Cooper's Hill. In 1883 he entered the Indian Public Works Department and was engaged on the construction of the Lower Chenab and Upper Jhelum canals, and in making a survey of the Sind Sagar desert...

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Journal of the ICE

Volume 22, Issue 6, April 1944

THE ENGINEERING EVOLUTION OF THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD.

DISCUSSION. THE ENGINEERING EVOLUTION OF THE LONDON PASSENGER TRANSPORT BOARD.

REMEDIAL WORKS IN CONNEXION WITH THE WALDERSHELF SLIP-BROOMHEAD RESERVOIR.

SILT TRANSPORTATION AND ITS RELATION TO REGIME CHANNEL SECTIONS.

CORRESPONDENCE. WIND-PRESSURE ON BUILDINGS, INCLUDING EFFECTS OF ADJACENT BUILDINGS.

OBITUARY. SIR THOMAS ROBERT JOHN WARD. 1863-1944.