Railway Tunnelling in Heavy Ground

Excerpt from Railway Tunnelling in Heavy GroundTms book, or treatise on Tunnelling, is not supposed by the author to contain anything new or unknown to Engineers or Contractors generally, nor does it contain formulw or positive rules for constructing such works, as none can be laid down, no two Tunnels ever being exactly similar in conditions affecting their construction. The author believes, however, that his practice and experience as a Civil Engineer and Contractor will enable him to give such information to assistant Engineers and Con tractors' assistants as will materially help them, and by describing the general methods and requirements to be adopted in com mencing and carrying out Tunnel works, place young Engineers, who may not have much experience in this class of work, in a position to understand what is wanted or what is going on, when called upon to commence a Tunnel, or to take charge of and superintend the works of one already commenced; and so that they may not become tools in the hands of the foreman miner or bricklayer, who in many cases have the work let to them by sub-contract, and who will immediately take advantage of inexperience, to the detriment of the work, disgrace to the management, and loss to the chief Contractor and all concerned in the well-being of the line of Railway.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.