Civil Engineering of Canals and Railways Before 1850 Book

	Acknowledgements
	General Editor's Preface
	Introduction
Pt. 1	Canals
1	Canals and river navigations before 1750	1
2	The Waltham pound lock	35
3	Rivers and canals	49
4	The construction of the Huddersfield narrow canal, 1794-1811: with particular reference to Standedge tunnel	81
5	John Pinkerton and the Birmingham canals	103
6	Managerial organization on the Caledonian canal, 1803-1822	121
7	Along the water: the genius and the theory. D'Alembert, Condorcet and Bossut and the Picardy canal controversy	143
8	Poverty, distress and disease: labour and the construction of the Rideau canal, 1826-1832	177
9	Hugh McIntosh (1768-1840), national contractor	201
Pt. 2	Railways
10	Some railway facts and fallacies	219
11	The influence of landowners on route selection	239
12	England's first rails: a reconsideration	247
13	The Butterley Company and railway construction, 1790-1830	263
14	Cast iron edge-rails at Walker Colliery, 1798	287
15	Embankments and cuttings on the early railways	291
16	The railway navvy: a reassessment	309
17	Railway contractors and the finance of railway development in Britain	321
18	The origin of American railroad technology, 1825-1840	339
19	Tracks and timber	353
	Index	365