The Port of London and the Thames Barrage

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Excerpt from The Port of London and the Thames Barrage: A Series of Expert Studies and Reports on the Conditions Prevailing in the Tidal River and Estuary of the Thames, Dealing Especially With Its Geological, Engineering, Navigation, Sanitary, Trading and Commercial Aspects, and the Effects Upon These of VariBrie¿y stated the general conclusion to be drawn from the following Reports is that the construction of a Barrage at Gravesend, or thereabouts, is quite practicable, and, subject to certain reservations and additional works, ought to be given effect to.In an undertaking of such magnitude it is inevitable that some interests must be interfered with many greatly benefited, a few depreciated or driven to adopt changes of policy or action in the conduct of their business but there can be no question as to the public benefit, which must be of enormous and therefore paramount importance.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.