Product Description: Aimed at engineers with a good grounding in hydraulic engineering, this practical reference fills a need for a guide to the design, construction, management and modernisation of canals. It provides an in-depth study of the problems caused by seepage, an analysis of the various possible linings, the constraints posed by canals constructed without linings, and relevant methods of calculation including the calculation of the various structures in the canal, most notably the gates...read more

Easy-to-read text, historic photographs, suggested activities, and clear, simple maps vividly describe events that determined the course of U.S. history and introduces readers to the people who influenced these events.

Chronicles the history of the building of the Panama Canal and the difficulties involved, and includes a time line of events affecting the project from 1846 to 1999.

Describes different kinds of canals and aqueducts built, the methods and materials of their construction, and amazing or disastrous examples.