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Harbour Impoundment Embankments Built

Great Britain · Science / Civil Engineering. Chronological records from PostgreSQL.

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Harbour Impoundment Embankments Built

Jessop, William · Bristol · Civil engineer

Embankments and river barriers separated the intended floating harbour from the tidal Avon. Its consequences survived in the location of streets and waterside infrastructure.

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