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SECTION I.
THE WATERWAYS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
CHAPTER I.
THE TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM 1
CHAPTER II.
ENGLISH RIVERS 23
CHAPTER III.
THE ENGLISH CANAL SYSTEM 40
CHAPTER IV.
THE WATERWAYS OF SCOTLAND 63
CHAPTER V.
THE WATERWAYS OF IRELAND 74
CHAPTER VI.
PROJECTED CANALS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 82
CHAPTER VII.
THE WATERWAYS OF FRANCE 93
CHAPTER VIII.
THE WATERWAYS OF GERMANY 116
CHAPTER IX.
THE WATERWAYS OF BELGIUM 134
CHAPTER X.
THE WATERWAYS OF HOLLAND 145
CHAPTER XI.
THE WATERWAYS OF ITALY 153
CHAPTER XII.
THE WATERWAYS OF SWEDEN 164
CHAPTER XIII.
THE WATERWAYS OF RUSSIA 172
CHAPTER XIV.
THE WATERWAYS OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY 185
CHAPTER XV.
THE WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES 191
CHAPTER XVI.
THE WATERWAYS OF CANADA 216
CHAPTER XVII.
THE WATERWAYS OF SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA 229
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHINESE WATERWAYS 232
CHAPTER XIX.
THE WATERWAYS OF BRITISH INDIA 237
SECTION II.
SHIP CANALS.
CHAPTER XX.
THE SUEZ CANAL 245
CHAPTER XXI.
THE PANAMA CANAL 274
CHAPTER XXII.
THE NICARAGUAN CANAL 314
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL 329
CHAPTER XXIV.
THE ISTHMUS OF CORINTH CANAL 346
CHAPTER XXV.
THE RIVER THAMES 353
SECTION III.
TRANSPORT AND WORKING.
CHAPTER XXVI.
RAILWAYS AND CANALS 364
CHAPTER XXVII.
COMPARATIVE COST OF WATER AND LAND TRANSPORT 375
CHAPTER XXVIII.
SYSTEMS OF TRANSPORT AND HAULAGE 391
CHAPTER XXIX.
LOCKS, PLANES, SLUICE-GATES, AND LIFTS 408
CHAPTER XXX.
TUNNELS, VIADUCTS, EMBANKMENTS AND WEIRS 424
CHAPTER XXXI.
SPEED OF TRANSPORT 435
CHAPTER XXXII.
CANAL TRAFFIC: ITS CHARACTER AND ITS DENSITY 441
CHAPTER XXXIII.
THE MAKING OF ARTIFICIAL WATERWAYS 447
CHAPTER XXXIV.
CANAL BOATS 460
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE STATE ACQUISITION AND CONTROL OF WATERWAYS 469
APPENDICES.
I.—CHRONOLOGY OF RIVER IMPROVEMENT AND CANAL
NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND UP TO 1852 475
II.—CANALS AND INLAND RIVER NAVIGATION IN ENGLAND,
WALES, AND SCOTLAND, DISTINGUISHING MILEAGE UNDER,
AND MILEAGE NOT UNDER, THE CONTROL OF RAILWAY
COMPANIES 478
III.—THROUGH ROUTES OF CANAL AND INLAND NAVIGATION
IN ENGLAND AND WALES 485
IV.—STATEMENT OF THE CANALS, &c., IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM, OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY RAILWAY COMPANIES
ON 31ST DECEMBER, 1882, ARRANGED UNDER THE DATES OF
THE SPECIAL ACTS AUTHORISING THE ARRANGEMENTS 490
V.—THE PRINCIPAL RIVER SYSTEMS OF EUROPE AND
AMERICA 490
INDEX 495
WATERWAYS AND WATER TRANSPORT.
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